A joyous trip turned tragic when five women drowned in Gollapalli dam in Penukonda AP

Gollapalli dam in AP’s Penukonda mandal where five women drowned on Friday. | Photo credit: FILE PHOTO

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Five members of a group of 11 women who had gone on a picnic drowned in the Gollapalli dam in Penukonda mandal of Sri Sathya Sai district on Friday.

The deceased have been identified as A. Pushpalatha, 29, Gayathramma, 50, Ashwini, 23, Shaik Haseena, 40, and Shaik Maahin, 17, all residents of Dargah Peta in Penukonda town.

According to the police, the women went to the dam on Friday morning to have a merry time in two autorickshaws. After lunch, five women entered the water to play, and not knowing the depth of the tank, they went deep and got stuck in the mud. When one of them started drowning, the others tried to save her and in the process they all drowned.

Local fishermen fished the bodies out of the reservoir.

A case has been registered.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy CM K. Pawan Kalyan and former CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy expressed shock over the incident and condoled the death of the five women.

Published – 16 Oct 2026 21:07 IST