At least 20 persons died 14 of them due to drowning in different incidents that occurred during the immersion of Ganesh idols in parts of Maharashtra police said on Saturday

The 10day Ganesh festival which had started on August 31 ended on Friday

In Wardha district three persons drowned at Sawangi while another one died in a similar manner at Devli an official said

Two persons drowned in a pond in Yavatmal district when during the immersion of an idol he said

In Ahmednagar district two persons drowned in separate incidents at Supa and Belvandi he said adding that two others died in Jalgaon district of north Maharashtra one each at Chalisgaon and Jamner

One person each died at Ghodegaon and Yavat in Pune district in Dhule district Lonikand in Satara district and Solapur city he said

Four persons died in a road accident at Sakkardara area of Nagpur city during Ganesh immersion he said

In Thane a 55yearold woman was killed and four others injured after a tree collapsed on a Ganesh pandal in Kolbad area due to heavy rains The incident occurred on Friday night a civic official said
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Source:- moneycontrol