Toddler drowns after falling into water tank at construction site

Bhopal: A 3-year-old girl died allegedly after drowning in a 4-foot-deep water tank at an under-construction marriage garden in the Salaiya area of Misrod on Friday morning. The child's parents work as caretakers at the premises. It is suspected that the girl accidentally fell into the tank while playing, but no one noticed at the time.According to police, Mahendra Verma, a native of Banda district in Uttar Pradesh, lives with his family at the under-construction marriage garden in Salaiya, where he and his wife work as caretakers.The incident occurred at around 9:30 am on Friday, when Mahendra Verma's 3-year-old daughter, Tuki alias Lakshmi Verma, drowned in the water tank located inside the garden premises.Police said that 3 to 4 families live and work at the marriage garden. On Friday morning, Tuki was playing with other children. At some point, she reportedly wandered near the tank and accidentally fell into it, but nobody noticed.After some time, a woman employee working at the garden went to the tank to fetch water and noticed the child lying in the water. She immediately pulled the girl out and rushed her to a private hospital along with the family, but doctors declared her dead on arrival.Police said the tank was a well-like cement structure about 4 feet deep, built to store water for the marriage garden. Although there was very little water inside, the child was too small and likely drowned, they added.