Dam flood kills 35 pilgrims in Dewas, 25 missing

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BHOPAL,

India (Reuters) - Thirty-five Hindu pilgrims taking a holy dip in a river in Madhya

Pradesh were drowned and 25 were missing after a dam upstream released water

for power generation, police said on Monday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The incident occurred

early on Saturday in Dharaji village in Dewas district, about 200 km west of

the state capital Bhopal, where about 300,000 pilgrims had gathered to bathe in

the Narmada river, they said.

" Thirty-five bodies

have been recovered from the river. Rescue operations are in full swing, " Swaraj

Puri, Madhya Pradesh's police chief, said.

Police in Dewas district

said dozens of people were seeking information about missing relatives and 25

pilgrims remained unaccounted for.

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