Baby girl found alive floating in wooden box in a river

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A newborn baby girl has been found alive floating in a wooden box in the River Ganges in India.

The 21-day-old infant was heard crying by a boatman who discovered her wrapped in a red scarf inside the box decorated with images of the Hindu gods Vishnu and Durga.

The child was rushed to hospital but deemed to be healthy. After she is discharged she will be taken into social care.

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Investigators have not provided a possible motive but female infanticide rates in India are among the highest in the world.

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Girls are seen as a financial burden, especially for poorer families where opportunities for work and education are limited.

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The advancement of ultrasound technology means that many are aborted before they are born but abandonment after birth is not uncommon.

Police said the box contained a horoscope card which contained the baby’s date of birth and named her as Ganga, Hindi for river Ganges.

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Local officials said they would cover the costs of looking after the girl.

The boatman Chaudhary was also going to be rewarded with a house and other state benefits, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath told local media for his ‘matchless example of humanity’ in saving the girl.

Chaudhary told local media that when people on the river banks heard the cries nobody did anything.

‘But I rushed to rescue her. When I opened the wooden box, I found her,’ the boatman said.

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