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Three Children Drown in Water-Filled Pit at Kushinagar Brick Kiln

Officials opened a formal probe into possible safety lapses at the kiln.

Overview

  • Police said a child slipped into a rain-filled excavation at the kiln, two cousins jumped in to help, and a fourth child ran for help as the three drowned.
  • The victims were identified as Abhay, 3, Ananya, 7, and Anushka, 3, children of migrant labourers from Chhattisgarh who were living on the worksite.
  • Relatives pulled the children from the pit and took them to the Community Health Centre in Kasya, where doctors declared them dead and ordered post-mortems.
  • District magistrate Mahendra Singh Tanwar announced ₹4 lakh in relief for each bereaved family.
  • A five-member committee has three working days to report on permits and safety, while police examine whether the soil pit was left unguarded, a known risk when rain fills brick-making excavations near where families stay.