Archive · 21 Aug 2025
Four Children Drown in Maharashtra Construction Pit
In Yavatmal, India, four young boys sadly passed away.
They were playing near a construction site where a deep hole had filled with water because of the rain.
The boys, aged 10-14, went into the water and got into trouble.
People tried to help, but it was too late.
This sad event happened during a time of heavy rains that caused other problems in the state, with ten people dying in different incidents.
Four children drowned in a water-filled construction pit in Yavatmal, Maharashtra.
The incident occurred on Wednesday evening at a railway flyover construction site.
The children, aged 10-14, entered the pit to play and struggled to stay afloat.
Locals attempted to rescue the children, but they were declared dead at the hospital.
The tragedy occurred amidst widespread rain-related incidents across Maharashtra, causing ten deaths.
- Who
- Rehan Aslam Khan (13), Golu Pandurang Narnavare (10), Somya Satish Khadson (10) and Vaibhav Ashish Bodhle (14).
- What
- Four children drowned in a water-filled construction pit.
- When
- Wednesday evening.
- Where
- Yavatmal, Maharashtra, near a railway flyover construction site.
- Why
- The children entered the water-filled pit to play and drowned.
- Location
- Yavatmal, Maharashtra
- Victims
- Four children
- Ages
- 10-14 years old
- Cause
- Drowning
- Context
- Railway flyover construction site
- Additional Deaths
- 10 deaths in other rain-related incidents in Maharashtra
Sources
Six children drown in pit while swimming after school
Six children drown in a pond in Andhra Pradesh
6 School students drown in quarry pit after rains in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district
Andhra tragedy: Six school children drown in rainwater-filled pit in Kurnool
Four children drown in water-filled pit
Six School Kids Drown in Kurnool Pond
Six children drown in a pond in Kurnool dist
