Kolkata, Sep 23 (UNI) There are nearly three drowning deaths among children 1-9 years everyday in the Sundarbans of the Indian side.
According to a community-based survey, conducted by the George Institute in collaboration with the Child in Need Institute (CINI), " Interventions keeping children in safe spaces away from water are urgently required if we are to protect our children from these avoidable deaths. "
The survey was conducted in the Sundarbans region of West Bengal to determine the drowning mortality rate for children aged 1 to 4 years and 5 to 9 years.