KATHMANDU: A one-and-half-year-old girl died after she drowned in a water tank near a hospital in Lalitpur recently, said police.

The deceased has been identified as Radhika Sharma, daughter of Dharmendra Sharma of Malangawa in Sarlahi district, currently residing in Phashikhel, Lalitpur.

Sharma breathed her last while she was being rushed to the Patan Hospital for treatment after she was found unconscious in the water tank, said police.