Indore/Khandwa, October 2 (PTI) 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. Show Full Article

“Bodies of 11 devotees have been recovered from the lake. Villagers at the spot had warned the devotees about the depth of the lake but out of over-enthusiasm, they moved the tractor troll

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