India: Female tourist dies in rafting accident

Posted on June 10, 2013 • Filed under: India, Tourist Drowned

Mid-day.com reports that a woman tourist from Delhi drowned in the Ganga at Rishikesh when her raft overturned in the river on its way to Munikireti, police said today. 30-year-old Sahiba Ibrar Haq and other members of the rafting team fell into the river as her raft turned turtle at Club House Rapid, they said. The guide of another raft coming from behind rescued the rafters one by one, but Sahiba could not be saved as too much water had entered into her system, they said. Read article

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