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Tragedy Strikes Nanded: Two Engineering Students Drown During Ganpati Visarjan
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News18•20-09-2026, 19:56
Tragedy Strikes Nanded: Two Engineering Students Drown During Ganpati Visarjan
- •Two young engineering students tragically drowned in the Godavari river during Ganesh Visarjan in Nanded.
- •The incident occurred at Kaleshwar when students from Matoshree Pratishthan Mahavidyalaya went for immersion.
- •After immersion, they entered the river to swim, misjudged the water depth, and were swept away by the current.
- •The deceased were identified as Bajrang Yedure (19) and Deepak Solunkhe (20), both from Nanded district.
- •One body has been recovered, and the search for the second student is ongoing, casting a pall of gloom over the area.
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The students entered the Godavari river to swim after completing the Ganesh Visarjan, but due to increased water flow and depth during the monsoon, they misjudged the water and were swept away by the current.
The deceased students were identified as 19-year-old Bajrang Yedure from Kini in Deglur Taluka and 20-year-old Deepak Solunkhe from Barhali in Mukhed Taluka.
Local administration, police, and disaster management teams rushed to the spot, conducting a search operation with local fishermen where one body was recovered while the search for the second continued.
