Two young men died in separate drowning incidents on New Year's Day. In Burdwan, Dhanai Sil, 33, drowned while attempting to rescue a friend who was struggling in an irrigation canal during a picnic. In Durgapur, 19-year-old Rahul Rajak drowned while trying to enter a private amusement park by crossing a deep waterbody, reportedly in an inebriated state.