Matunga teenager Shiva Raju Koli, 15, drowned in Banganga on Monday afternoon. And with no ambulance available, he was rushed to hospital on a motorbike but was declared dead on arrival. Several locals are upset about the lack of preparedness to ensure safety at Banganga, where thousands of devotees come every year during this period for pitru-paksha rituals, conducted for remembering departed souls.

Shiva, who lives in New Ganesh Nagar, had accompanied his aunt, one of the contract labourers at the spot, for cleaning up. After the aunt's shift ended at 1 pm, she realised Shiva was missing. When even after a half-an-hour search she failed to find him, a few locals asked her to look underwater. Some boys from the area who were regular swimmers jumped inside the tank and found the teenager.