<span style="color: #222222;">At least 18 persons drowned in separate incidents during immersion of Ganesh idols across Maharashtra. Immersions, which began on Anant Chaturdashi on Thursday, continued today morning in several parts of Mumbai, Pune and Sangli.</span><br />''<br />''According to police officials, drowning incidents were reported in 11 districts comprising Amravati, Nashik, Thane, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Dhule, Bhandara, Nanded, Ahmednagar, Akola and Satara and 18 persons lost their lives in these. <br />''<br />''<br />''The deaths include four in Amravati, three in Ratnagiri, two each in Nashik, Sindhudurg and Satara, one each in Thane, Dhule, Buldhana, Akola and Bhandara.<br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Lifeguards and fire brigade jawans rescued three persons near Someshwar waterfall in Nashik.</span><br />