Overview
- In the latest incident on Tuesday, five people including four minors drowned in a pond in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, police said, with bodies sent for postmortem.
- Across Jharkhand, police earlier counted 11 deaths over two days, while separate media tallies cite at least 15 as recoveries, postmortems and inquiries continue.
- In Bihar’s Bhagalpur on Monday, four children aged 10–15 died after slipping into the Ganga at Navtoliya ghat, and the chief minister issued condolences.
- In Uttar Pradesh, two boys died in Chandauli on Sunday, a 17-year-old died in Mirzapur and a 16-year-old remains missing, and three separate drowning deaths were reported in Ballia on Monday.
- In Maharashtra’s Thane district, two youngsters were swept away in strong currents at the Raite/Ulhas river near Kalyan during rituals, and coordinated search efforts resumed Tuesday morning.