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Three Delhi schoolchildren rescued after falling into flooded drain
Three schoolchildren fell into an overflowing drain on a waterlogged road in north Delhi’s Jagatpur on Thursday and were rescued by residents, passers-by and drivers. CCTV footage shows the children walking through…
The Story in Brief
Three schoolchildren fell into an overflowing drain on a waterlogged road in north Delhi’s Jagatpur on Thursday and were rescued by residents, passers-by and drivers. CCTV footage shows the children walking through waist? No, calf-deep rainwater before three suddenly vanished beneath the surface. Other children raised the alarm. A senior police officer told The Times of India that the children were rescued by members of the public, and that no PCR call or formal complaint was received.
The 41-second footage, dated August 6, also shows stranded vehicles and several children crossing the flooded stretch. The incident follows recent waterlogging deaths in Delhi-NCR, including a seven-year-old boy in outer Delhi and a three-year-old girl in Ghaziabad. Two boys drowned near Delhi’s Siraspur underpass in 2024.
The Indian Opinion
The easy story is that a lucky rescue proves the danger was contained, while another is to blame children for entering floodwater. Neither is adequate. A drain hidden under road water, stranded traffic and children walking through a school route point to a basic safety failure, even without a formal complaint. The test is simple: are drains covered, roads barricaded and dangerous stretches inspected before the next heavy rain?
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above.
