10-year-old girl dies after falling into water tank

A 10-year-old girl died and 13 other people were injured after they fell into an underground water tank in Barmer district here, police said.
Fourteen people had gone to fetch water from the tank in Solankia village on Sheo road last evening. They all were standing on the cover of the round-shaped water tank waiting for their turn to fetch water from the opening of the tank, they said.
They were standing in the middle with the support of a rusted girder which suddenly broke and all of them fell into the 25-feet deep tank which was almost dry, police said.

The people were rescued and rushed to the district hospital where Nazeera Bano was declared dead on arrival, they said.
"The Water Works Department supplies water to the public tank and there was no water for the last few days. Water was supplied to the tank last evening and all the women and girls rushed to the tank to get water. It was almost a stampede-like situation when they heard about the water supply," police said.
Daai (21), Shariyat (30), Kayma (25), Hameera (8), Matiya (16), Madeena (10), Ishu (8), Jareena (15), Noora (12), Kamali (10), Anisha (14), Sindu Bai (16) and Raheesa (15) are being treated at the hospital.