Overview
- Officials said the incidents, which occurred Tuesday during Durga idol immersions, left confirmed deaths and several people missing across Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
- In Kota, a small wooden boat carrying seven people capsized in the Kotri Canal and three occupants swam to safety while four are feared drowned as SDRF, NDRF, municipal divers and local teams continue an intensive search.
- In Kendrapara, Odisha, three youths who had gone to bathe in the Luna River were swept away; rescue teams recovered bodies but published reports give differing names for the victims.
- Uttar Pradesh saw multiple immersion-related drownings in Gonda and Fatehpur where some victims died in hospital, others went missing, and officials said several incidents took place at non-designated ghats without permission.
- Authorities stopped canal water flow in at least one search, deployed dozens of rescue personnel, and warned that use of restricted sites and overloaded or unsafe boats increases drowning risk during large festival immersions.