Monday 30 April 2012

100 drown in Assam boat capsize

Latest news Dhubri: In one of the worst boat tragedies in Assam, 100 people, including women and children, drowned and over 100 went missing when a packed steamer carrying over 300 passengers sank in the Brahmaputra River after being caught in a severe storm midstream in this district on Monday.


Deputy Commissioner Kumud Chandra Kalita said the bodies of 100 victims, including women and children, were recovered by the BSF and the National Disaster Force personnel near Jaleswar.

He said about 25 people swam to safety after the double- decked ferry with over 300 people onboard was crossing the river from Dhubrighat when it capsized in the storm at 4.20 pm....click here for read more

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