Representative Image: Devotees immersing the idol of Goddess Durga in a makeshift pond of Ulsoor Lake. (Source: PTI) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed

Eleven devotees, including seven girls, drowned when a tractor trolley carrying Durga idols for immersion plunged in a lake in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district during Vijayadashami on Thursday, officials said.

MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav expressed grief over the incident on social media platform X and announced ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh each for the families of those killed.

Khandwa District Magistrate Rishav Gupta told PTI the incident occurred in the Pandhana area when the tractor trolley carrying the idols and devotees tilted and fell into the pond.

'Bodies of 11 devotees have been recovered from the lake

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