35 more bodies fished out after boat capsized in Bihar.Patna, Sep. 30 (ANI): Thirty-five more bodies have been fished out of Bagmati River near Bihar's Khagaria district Khagaria district is one of the thirty-seven districts of Bihar state, India, and Khagaria town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Khagaria district is a part of Munger Division. where a boat had capsized on Monday. With this, the death toll reached 56 as search continued by the National Disaster Response Force personnel to locate around 20 missing persons. "We recovered 35 more bloated bloat·ed adj. 1. Much bigger than desired: a bloated bureaucracy; a bloated budget. 2. Medicine Swollen or distended beyond normal size by fluid or gaseous material. bodies from the river taking the toll in the capsize to 56," Block Development Officer (Alauli) Satish Chandra Mishra said from the spot. Twenty-one bodies, mostly of minors and women, were found from a country boat carrying 100 passengers, which capsized in Bagmati River near Fultora ghat on Monday. The passengers were returning to their villages after attending a fair on Vijaya Dashami. The bodies were recovered by the NDRF NDRF National Dysautonomia Research Foundation NDRF National Defense Reserve Fleet NDRF National Disaster Relief Fund (American Red Cross) NDRF National Defense Reserve Fuel personnel, Mishra said, adding local divers were still on the job. Some 25 passengers had swam to safety. Khagaria Superintendent of Police Indranand Mishra said the toll might go up to 75. Chief Minister Nitish Kuamr had ordered that search operations be intensified and announced ex-gratia of 1.50 lakh lakh Noun (in India) 100 000, esp. referring to this sum of rupees [Hindi lākh] Noun 1. lakh - the cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten 100000, hundred thousand rupeesto the amilies of each of the deceased. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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