Three including two women drown in lake in Siddipet

Officials have roped in divers to search for the missing trio. Stopping the festivities mid-way, the entire village gathered at the lake

Siddpet: Three sanitation workers, including two women, drowned in a lake in Tigul village of Jagadevpur mandal on Saturday while they were cleaning the water body ahead of the Bathukamma festivities.

They were identified as Giripally Bharathi (40), Yellam Yadamma (43) and Karmulla Babu (25). While the village was gearing up to celebrate the “Engilipula Bathukamma” on Saturday, the panchayat was cleaning the premises of the lake by roping in the workers to prepare the area for Bathukamma immersions.

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Following the three going missing in the lake, officials roped in divers to trace them. Their bodies were retrieved from the lake by evening. A pal of gloom descended on the village as three workers died on the same day. A case was registered by Jagadevpur Police.