Overview
- Authorities in Khandwa confirmed 11 deaths, many of them minors, after a tractor-trolley tilted off a culvert and plunged into a deep pond during Vijayadashami immersion.
- Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia for each victim’s family and directed medical care for the injured as post-mortems and a probe proceed.
- District officials said villagers had warned participants about the depth, yet the vehicle was driven further into the water, causing it to overturn; SDRF, police and local divers led recovery.
- In a separate Ujjain incident, police reported that a child inadvertently started a parked tractor that then broke a railing and fell into the Chambal, killing two children as one person remained missing during ongoing searches.
- Uttar Pradesh officials reported drownings during an immersion in Agra’s Utangan river with multiple people still unaccounted for as SDRF and NDRF teams and local divers continue operations at designated and nearby sites.