Summary:
- Two children drowned and died while bathing in the pit of Panbharwa river sand ghat in Jamui district.
- The deceased children have been identified as Kunal Yadav, 10, and Pawan Kumar, 11.
- The children drowned in a pit formed due to sand mining in the river.
- The local villagers, with much effort, retrieved the bodies of the children from the pit.
- Relatives of the deceased children are devastated, and angry villagers have blocked the road in protest.
- Huge potholes have been formed in the rivers due to haphazard sand mining, posing a constant danger of drowning or accidents.
- The rivers have been mined in disregard of the orders of the National Green Tribunal.
- These incidents of drowning in the pits formed after mining have become common in Jamui district.