# Six students drown during Ganesh immersion in Sangareddy 2026-09-16T19:57:20+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets Six students from an orphanage in Peddakanjarla village, Sangareddy district, drowned on Wednesday evening while immersing a Ganesh idol in a pond. The group of eight had gone to the pond around 7 pm. The deceased, all below 20 years of age, were Siddharth, Narasimha Raju, Sumanth Reddy, Ganesh, Uday Kiran and Shyam Kumar. The students were residents of Sirisha Memorial Charitable Trust, which houses about 70 orphaned children. Police said the pond was not a notified immersion point and lacked safety arrangements like swimmers. A case has been registered under BNSS section 194 for suspicious death. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla and Minister Ponnam Prabhakar expressed condolences and directed officials to ensure safety measures at immersion sites. The deceased were from Warangal, Kukatpally and Vijayawada. Patancheru MLA Gudem Mahipal Reddy said the trust had conducted immersion at the same spot for 15 years. The bodies were taken to a hospital in Patancheru. Separate drowning incidents were also reported during Ganesh immersion in Odisha, where three people died. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The Hindu and Times of India gave straight factual reports, leading with victim identities and police procedure. India Today focused on the absence of swimming skills and the confusion at the scene, and widened the story by adding the Odisha drownings, framing a pattern of unsafe immersion practices. The coverage uniformly avoided blame: no outlet questioned the trust's supervision or the district administration's oversight of an unofficial immersion spot used for 15 years. The MLA's admission that the same spot was used annually without incident underlines the gap between routine practice and official safety norms. The state government's response remains the next test. ## Coverage - thehindu.com (neutral report) Quotes official condolences and directives without commentary - thehindu.com (neutral report) Quotes official condolences and directives without commentary - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Leads with police statement and notes pond was not notified - indiatoday.in (sensationalist) Leads with 'children' label and includes Odisha deaths for drama Tags: Cyberabad police, Ganesh immersion, Sangareddy, Sirisha Memorial Charitable Trust Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/six-students-drown-during-ganesh-immersion-in-sangareddy/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/six-students-drown-during-ganesh-immersion-in-sangareddy/#story-in-brief