Swept away by Ganga 15 days ago, Bihar woman found in UP

NEW DELHI: For 15 days, Sunaina Devi (55) survived on river water and the fragile shelter of a half-submerged thatched hut, after being swept 50km downstream by the monsoon-swollen Ganga. She was found alive Monday by fishermen who heard her cries.Devi, from Kapurpatti village in Bihar's Buxar district, had gone to bathe on Aug 30 when the current pulled her under. Her son, Govinda Gond, filed a missing person report at Itarhi police station. Her family did not know she had drifted across the state border into Chain Chhapra village in UP's Ballia, on the other side of the river, soon after falling in.In Chain Chhapra, Devi managed to grab an abandoned hut in a field and pull herself up. Surrounded by floodwater, she survived by drinking from the same Ganga that had nearly drowned her.On Monday she collapsed and slipped once again into floodwater.