Overview

• In Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, a tractor‑trolley carrying devotees for Durga idol immersion overturned into a pond, leaving 11 dead, including several girls and minors, with three injured under treatment as post‑mortems proceed.
• Officials reported 20–30 people aboard and said a warning about deep water was ignored, as SDRF teams, police, local divers and heavy equipment completed recovery at the site.
• MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced Rs 4 lakh to each bereaved family, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved Rs 2 lakh from PMNRF and Rs 50,000 for the injured.
• Same‑day immersion mishaps were reported in Ujjain and Shahdol in MP, and Agra authorities said two drowned and six were missing during an immersion in the Utangan river, with searches ongoing.
• In Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, a Maruti Ertiga en route to Haridwar rear‑ended a parked truck, killing six including five from a Karnal family and the driver and injuring one survivor, as CCTV captured the crash and police sought the truck driver.