Out for bath, two children drown in canal in Gujarat

Two children of migrant workers drowned in a canal in Gujarats Kutch district on Sunday, the police said.Anand Yadav 11 and Hitesh Pal 13 entered a canal at Bhujpar village to take bath around 9 am, said an official from Mundra police station.

Two children of migrant workers drowned in a canal in Gujarat's Kutch district on Sunday, the police said.

Anand Yadav (11) and Hitesh Pal (13) entered a canal at Bhujpar village to take bath around 9 am, said an official from Mundra police station. The boys, however, drowned in the water body, he said.

A team of rescue personnel and locals extricated the boys after working for several hours, he said. They were taken to a hospital where doctors declared them dead. The children were members of families of migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar engaged in factories in the region.