Mother and daughter drown in crusher water pond in Sunkoshi, Sindhuli

A mother and daughter have died after drowning in a water pond in Apghari, Sunkoshi Rural Municipality-1, Sindhuli. The pond had been in use for a crusher industry.

The deceased are Satidevi Koirala, daughter of local resident Badriprasad Koirala, and her daughter. Satidevi had come to her maternal home to celebrate Dasain.

The deaths of the mother and daughter, who had come to the maternal home for Dasain, have cast a pall of grief over the family and the village. Sources have not disclosed the daughter's name and age.

Further details on how the incident occurred and what safety arrangements existed at the pond have not been reported by sources.