The New Year revelries proved dear to four people who drowned while bathing in the sea. Two students and an auto driver were among the victims. Students Nikith Kumar Reddy and Satish Kumar Reddy were studying in a corporate college in Nellore. The two, along with their friends took a dip in the Kotha Kodur beach near Nellore district where they met watery deaths.
Munisekhar (22), an auto driver also drowned when he went to the beach to celebrate the New Year along with his friends in Tupilipalem lake near Vakadu in Nellore district. Babu (29) from Renigunta also drowned in Tupilipalem Lake in Nellore.