At least 13 children died after a boat carrying villagers capsized in the Ganga river in Bihar’s Vaishali district on Tuesday evening, The Hindu reported.
The incident occurred in the Raghopur police station area when the passengers were travelling to a nearby village to attend a feast.
Thirteen bodies had been recovered and seven persons had been rescued as of Tuesday night, ANI quoted District Magistrate Varsha Singh as saying.
The rescued passengers were taken to Nalanda Medical College and Hospital in Patna for treatment and were in stable condition, Singh said. All the children aboard the boat were aged 15 or younger, she added.
Some passengers reportedly managed to swim to safety, while residents rushed to help those in the water and alerted the district administration, The Indian Express reported.
District police personnel and a team from the State Disaster Response Force, along with local divers, were deployed for search and rescue operations.
Vaishali, Bihar: SDRF teams continue the search operation using six boats following the Raghopur boat accident. The damaged boat, which had been temporarily repaired with plastic sheets, has been found. SDRF SI Jai Deep Narayan Singh says the rescue operation has been underway… pic.twitter.com/1MYxNP39wO
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