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Eleven killed, over 25 missing as boat
capsizes in Bihar
Monday September 10, 2012 02:18:35 PM,
IANS
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Patna: At least 11
people, mostly children and women, drowned and over 25 people were
missing after an overcrowded boat capsized in the Sone river in
Bihar's Bhojpur district early Monday, police said.
The ferry, which could seat only 14 but was carrying over 40
people, capsized near Bhojpur district's Khair village, about 70
km from here.
Nearly half a dozen people managed to swim to safety. Some were
rescued by local villagers, Bhojpur Superintendent of Police S.R.
Nayak said.
Nayak said that the death toll may rise as the National Disaster
Relief Team (NDRF) divers are deployed for rescue and search
operations, Naik said.
A district administration official said eleven bodies had been
recovered, and that the search operation would continue. "Still,
more than two dozen people are missing," official said.
The boat was ferrying people who were returning from a village
fair in neighbouring Arwal district.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced ex-gratia of Rs.
two lakh to the kin of those dead in the incident comprising
Rs.1.50 lakh each from the disaster relief fund and Rs.50,000 each
from the Chief Minister's Relief fund.
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