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AP boat tragedy: Death toll rises to 34; Search continues for 13 more

A total of 34 people died while search operation is underway to find 13 people after a boat capsized in river Godavari in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday. The missing persons are feared trapped inside the sunk boat.

Boat tragedy: Toll rises to 34; Search continues for 13 more
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Published : Sep 18, 2019, 11:10 PM IST

Amaravati: Six more bodies of those killed in the boat accident in river Godavari in Andhra Pradesh were retrieved on Wednesday, taking the toll to 34, with 13 more people still reported missing.

Of the 34 deceased, as many as 23 were men, eight women and three children, the State Disaster Management Authority said in its latest situation report.

The boat was carrying 73 people, including eight crew, to a tourist spot when it capsized in the swollen river on Sunday afternoon. A total of 26 passengers survived the tragedy.

Two experts from Marine Masters Company, Mumbai, have been engaged to retrieve the ill-fated boat that was found stuck at a depth of 210 feet in the river at the accident spot at Kachhuluru in East Godavari district, about 200 km from here, the SDMA said.

The missing persons are feared trapped inside the sunk boat. Expert divers from the Indian Navy, specialist deep divers from Uttarakhand, National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force and Fire Services personnel of the state government were engaged in the search operation.

The SDMA said post-mortem had been completed on all 34 bodies and they were handed over to the relatives.

The boat 'Royal Vasishta' was on its way to the picturesque Papikondalu tourist spot in the middle of the river when it met with the accident, apparently on colliding with a large rock formation.

Amaravati: Six more bodies of those killed in the boat accident in river Godavari in Andhra Pradesh were retrieved on Wednesday, taking the toll to 34, with 13 more people still reported missing.

Of the 34 deceased, as many as 23 were men, eight women and three children, the State Disaster Management Authority said in its latest situation report.

The boat was carrying 73 people, including eight crew, to a tourist spot when it capsized in the swollen river on Sunday afternoon. A total of 26 passengers survived the tragedy.

Two experts from Marine Masters Company, Mumbai, have been engaged to retrieve the ill-fated boat that was found stuck at a depth of 210 feet in the river at the accident spot at Kachhuluru in East Godavari district, about 200 km from here, the SDMA said.

The missing persons are feared trapped inside the sunk boat. Expert divers from the Indian Navy, specialist deep divers from Uttarakhand, National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force and Fire Services personnel of the state government were engaged in the search operation.

The SDMA said post-mortem had been completed on all 34 bodies and they were handed over to the relatives.

The boat 'Royal Vasishta' was on its way to the picturesque Papikondalu tourist spot in the middle of the river when it met with the accident, apparently on colliding with a large rock formation.

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Boat tragedy: Toll rises to 34; Search continues for 13 more
Amaravati, Sep 18 (PTI) Six more bodies of those killed
in the boat accident in river Godavari in Andhra Pradesh were
retrieved on Wednesday, taking the toll to 34, with 13 more
people still reported missing.
Of the 34 deceased, as many as 23 were men, eight women
and three children, the State Disaster Management Authority
said in its latest situation report.
The boat was carrying 73 people, including eight crew, to
a tourist spot when it capsized in the swollen river on Sunday
afternoon. A total of 26 passengers survived the tragedy.
Two experts from Marine Masters Company, Mumbai, have
been engaged to retrieve the ill-fated boat that was found
stuck at a depth of 210 feet in the river at the accident spot
at Kachhuluru in East Godavari district, about 200 km from
here, the SDMA said.
The missing persons are feared trapped inside the sunk
boat.
Expert divers from the Indian Navy, specialist deep
divers from Uttarakhand, National Disaster Response Force and
State Disaster Response Force and Fire Services personnel of
the state government were engaged in the search operation.
The SDMA said post-mortem had been completed on all 34
bodies and they were handed over to the relatives.
The boat 'Royal Vasishta' was on its way to the
picturesque Papikondalu tourist spot in the middle of the
river when it met with the accident, apparently on colliding
with a large rock formation. PTI DBV
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