Kathmandu, Oct. 24 -- Six people have died in separate incidents in various districts of the country in the last 24 hours.

A report from Bhajani in Kailali district said three people, including twin sisters, drowned in a canal at Pathraiya Gujaruwa of Janaki rural municipality-5 in Kailali.

According to the police, they drowned while bathing in the Kulariya Canal under the Rani Jamara Kulariya Irrigation Project. The deceased have been identified as twins Nisha Bajgai and Manushi Bajgai of Tikapur municipality-1, and Sulochana Timilsaina of Janaki rural municipality-5.

The twins were fifth graders at Janajagriti Secondary School, Sitapur, Tikapur, while the third one was a fourth grader at Saraswoti Secondary School, Durgauli, Janaki ...