The boat with more than 160 passengers, including many children and women, sank after hitting an object and breaking up Wednesday while traveling along Nigeria’s largest river in Kebbi state, in the northwestern part of the country
One person died and six others were missing after their tug boat that was assisting a ship capsized 10 nautical miles off the coast.
Two fishermen drowned after a fishing boat capsized in the Arabian Sea off Mangaluru coast on Dec 01. 16 fishermen have been rescued while four are still missing.
At least five people were killed after two boats capsized in West Bengal on Monday. According to the police, the incident was reported from Murshidabad in the state, where two country boats capsized in a water body.
Around 10-12 people were reported missing after a boat carrying over 40 devotees to a temple in Bundi district of Rajasthan capsized in the Chambal river on Wednesday.
At least 15 people died as a boat carrying 130 Rohingya refugees capsized near Saint Martin's Island in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday.
The children were going to a neighbouring village from Chakbahadur to watch idol immersion when the accident took place on Tuesday evening, Additional District Magistrate of Malda, Arnab Chatterjee, said.
The boat capsized while it was coming to Jagannathpur Ghat of Mahanandapur gram panchayat of Chanchal, at nearly 6:30 pm on Thursday.
A boat has capsized in Sangli district of Maharashtra, in which 9 people have drowned. So far, 16 people have been rescued from the waters, while several others remain missing. Rescue operations for those missing is underway.
A boat carrying 20 farmers capsized in Sarayu river in Bahraich on Sunday. Three farmers have drowned, while several others have been reported missing in the incident. Rescue operations for the missing farmers is currently underway.
The incident happened after the conclusion of the Rouf Memorial State Rafting Championship events of the day at 4.10 pm. The 3-day event began on June 17, 2019 in which 12 teams from Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh participated.
The Indian Navy has also been roped in to assist in the search operation off Karwar bridge in Kali River.
Altogether 36 persons have been rescued so far, and are admitted to a local hospital, an official said.
Pawar was an activist of Shiv Sangram Paksha, an organisation monitoring the construction of the Shivaji statue which is coming up on an island in the Arabian sea.
One of the vessels- the Phoenix PC Diving ship was carrying 105 passengers, including Thai crew members, tourist guides and 93 tourists, many of them Chinese holidaymakers.
"The causes of the sinking and the number of people missing are not yet known. The provincial government has already sent a team there to find out more," Mboyo was reported as saying by AFP.
A boat carrying 40 people capsized in Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh, while 17 were rescued and several reported to be missing.
An overloaded boat carrying 38 people capsized on Sunday close to the ‘Pavitra Sangamam’, the confluence point of Krishna and Godavari rivers, at Ferry village near Vijayawada.
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