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35 dead
as boat capsizes in Bihar
Monday, October 11, 2010 11:46:40 AM,
IANS
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Patna:
As many as 35 people, mostly women and children, were killed when
a boat capsized in the Ganga river in Bihar's Buxar district,
police said Monday.
There were around 80 people in the boat when the accident took
place late Sunday near Dallupur bank, about 125 km from Patna. At
least 15 people were still missing, a police official said.
The passengers, all of them poor labourers, were returning after
plucking maize.
"Prima-facie it appears the accident took place because of
over-loading," the police official said.
A district official said: "The boat could ferry 35 people, but at
the time of the accident the boat had people more than twice its
capacity."
Rescue and search operations are on, the official added.
The Bihar government has ordered a probe into the accident and
announced a compensation of Rs.1 lakh each for the kin of the
dead.
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