Sinking remains a major global problem. According to the WHO, in 2021, an estimated 300,000 people were drowned – more than 30 lives were lost every hour. About half was under 29 years of age, and a quarter was under five years. India’s figures are very low, officials officially recorded about 38,000 drowning in 2022, though the actual number is much higher.
The bitter truth in Sundarban has always existed. For years, children are either allowed to rotate freely or have been tied to ropes and clothes to avoid rotating. Jinging Paze was used to inform parents of their children’s movements, but in this unforgivable, water -worn scenario, nothing really feels safe.
Kakoli Das’s six -year -old son went into a flowing pond last summer while he was delivering a piece of paper to a neighbor. Could not distinguish between road and water, Ishan sank. He suffered visits in childhood and could not learn to swim because of the risk of fever.
“Please, I plead with every mother: fencing your ponds, learn to live and teach them to swim. It’s about saving lives. We can’t afford to wait,” says Kakoli.
For now, Krich serves as a ray of hope, which offers a way to protect children from water risks. On a recent afternoon, four -year -old Mank Paul sang a pleasant song to remind his friends: I won’t go to the pond alone/unless my parents are with me/I will learn to swim and swim. Will live My life is free from fear.
