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    Eight people drowned and several others were missing after flash floods struck during an idol immersion procession on the banks of the Mal river in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. Hundreds had gathered for the ceremony when the floods hit, sweeping people away. So far eight bodies have been recovered and around 50 people have been rescued, while 13 received minor injuries and were hospitalized. Search and rescue operations are ongoing downstream with teams from NDRF, SDRF, police and local administration, and the death toll may rise further.

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    Eight people drowned and several others were missing after flash floods struck during an idol immersion procession on the banks of the Mal river in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. Hundreds had gathered for the ceremony when the floods hit, sweeping people away. So far eight bodies have been recovered and around 50 people have been rescued, while 13 received minor injuries and were hospitalized. Search and rescue operations are ongoing downstream with teams from NDRF, SDRF, police and local administration, and the death toll may rise further.

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    Eight people drowned and several others were missing after flash floods struck during an idol immersion procession on the banks of the Mal river in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. Hundreds had gathered for the ceremony when the floods hit, sweeping people away. So far eight bodies have been recovered and around 50 people have been rescued, while 13 received minor injuries and were hospitalized. Search and rescue operations are ongoing downstream with teams from NDRF, SDRF, police and local administration, and the death toll may rise further.

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    10/25/22, 12:41 PM West Bengal: At least eight drown in flash floods during idol immersion in Jalpaiguri - Times of India

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    West Bengal: At least eight drown in flash floods during


    idol immersion in Jalpaiguri
    TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Oct 6, 2022, 08.25 AM IST

    JALPAIGURI: At least eight persons drowned and several others were


    missing after they were swept away by flash floods during an idol
    immersion procession at Mal river on Wednesday night. Four of the dead
    are women.

    The incident took place when hundreds of people had gathered on the
    banks of the Mal river to participate in the immersion ceremony.

    "All of a sudden, flash floods struck and people were swept away. So far,
    eight bodies have been recovered and we have rescued around 50
    people," said Jalpaiguri district magistrate Moumita Godara.

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    She said 13 people, who received minor injuries, were admitted to a nearby hospital.

    "The search and rescue operations are under way and being carried out by teams of the NDRF, SDRF, police and local
    administration. The search operations have started downstream," she said.

    State backward class welfare minister Bulu Chik Baraik, who is the MLA from the Mal assembly constituency, feared that the
    death toll may increase.

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