MP: Tractor-trolley overturns in pond during Durga idol immersion; 11 drown

INDORE: Vijayadashami celebrations ended successful a calamity arsenic 11 people, mostly teenagers, drowned connected Thursday evening erstwhile a tractor-trolley carrying devotees who had gone for Durga idol immersion overturned successful a pond successful Ardala colony of MP’s Khandwa district.

The accident took spot erstwhile the tractor-trolley, carrying astir 20-25 people, mislaid equilibrium and toppled into the water.Officials said a section kotwar had cautioned the operator against taking the tractor-trolley into the h2o body, but the informing was ignored. The vehicle, portion reversing, apt deed a chromatic and overturned, throwing each occupants into the pond. Many managed to aquatics to safety, but 11 could not beryllium rescued, said DIG Bahuguna.CM Mohan Yadav expressed grief implicit the nonaccomplishment of lives and announced an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh each for the families of the deceased. Khandwa DIG Siddharth Bahuguna said 7 of the deceased were females and that determination were 8 minors among the dead.Idol immersion: JCB deployed to propulsion retired trolleyThree others were admitted to hospital. One remains captious portion the different 2 are retired of danger,” Khandwa DIG Siddharth Bahuguna said. Rescue operations began immediately, with police, medication and section teams rushing to the spot. A JCB instrumentality was deployed to propulsion retired the trolley. By 6pm, 10 bodies had been recovered, and aft a three-hour search, the assemblage of the past missing kid — an eight-year-old miss — was recovered astir 8.45pm.