Tragedy in India. At least 13 women have died falling into a well during a wedding in a village in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police sources said Thursday.
The events occurred on Wednesday night. in Naurangiya Tola village, Kushinagar district (near the border with Nepal), when a block that covered an old well, supported by iron bars, it broke because of the weightas explained by the regional magistrate S. Rajalingam.
The representative of the civil authority confirmed that either11 women, some minors, died after the fall and two others were seriously injured after the event, so They were taken to the hospital, where they ended up dying.. The total balance of deceased reached 13 and close to a ten of people were injured.
“The accident is heartbreaking”
The accident took place during the celebration of the “Haldi“, one of the wedding rituals, which in India are usually celebrated over several days with different ceremonies. Tradition indicates that the “haldi”, which consists of giving the bride and groom a bath of turmeric and oils, must be practiced by married womenwhich is why a large part of the guests were women.
According to him Times of Indiapolice he has not ruled out the possibility of more bodies being pulled from the shaft. “The accident in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, is piercing. I express my deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the accident, and I wish speedy recovery to the injuredIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a message on Twitter.