Guwahati boat accident : Indian army, NDRF in rescue operation in the Brahmaputra
Guwahati, Sept 6 (IBNS) : The Army and members of Indian army and members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) are engaged in search and rescue operations in the Brahmaputra after many people went missing in a boat capsize incident.
Three people including two college girl students died and many are missing after an overloaded country made single-engine private boat, locally called as ‘bhutbhuti’, capsized in theriver near Ashwaklanta Temple in North Guwahati on Wednesday.
The boat carrying 36 passengers was headed for North Guwahati from Fancy Bazar area when it capsized after hitting a concrete piller, about 200 meter away from its destination.
Rescue teams have already recovered three bodies and rescued another 12 persons from the river.
Twelve passengers swam ashore.
On Thursday, the Army, besides NDRF and SDRF resumed search and rescue operation in the river.
Some local people are also assisting in the rescue operation.
The police have arrested two divers of the boat.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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