KOLKATA: Two persons drowned in the
Hooghly River on Monday while offering prayers on the occasion of
Mahalaya, a police officer said.
While one of them lost balance and drowned at a ghat in
Uttarpara, the other person was swept away by river currents at Seoraphuli, he said.
Their bodies have been recovered by divers and handed over to the family members, he added.
Devotees were seen thronging river ghats across the city and its surrounding areas since morning to offer homage to their departed ancestors on the occasion.
The state administration has deployed River Traffic Police personnel and Disaster Management Group officials in large numbers along the ghats for security reasons.