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Bihar: 2 children swept away in Gandak River, 1 rescued by SDRF, 1 missing.
- •Five school children went to bathe in the Gandak River in Vaishali, Bihar; two were swept away by strong currents.
- •Boatmen rescued one child, while SDRF teams are searching for the other missing child, Rehan alias Pali.
- •The children, students of an Urdu school, left their bags at school before going to the river.
- •Nagar Station House Officer Sikandar Kumar and three SDRF teams arrived at the scene to conduct search operations.
- •The Gandak River is in spate due to continuous rain, and authorities have urged people to stay away from its banks.
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Five school children from an Urdu school went to bathe in the Gandak river at Sidhi Ghat after leaving their school bags behind, during which two children were swept away by the strong current. One child was successfully rescued near Konhara Ghat by local boatmen, while the other child, identified as Rehan, went missing.
Following the incident, Nagar Station House Officer Sikandar Kumar reached the site, and three State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams were deployed to conduct a continuous search operation in the river for the missing student.
Due to continuous rainfall, the Gandak river is currently in spate, creating flood-like conditions in the surrounding areas and prompting the administration to appeal to people to stay away from the river banks.
