Another incident of drowning took place in Ganga UP. Where the boat carrying where boat was carrying 28 people and police is saying boatman can’t able to handle gauge. At least 13 people were feared drowned when a boat capsized in the Ganga in Bijnor district on Friday afternoon.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath directed the police and district administration to undertake rescue and relief operations soon after the incident occurred. He also asked the district administration to extend all possible aid to the families of those missing.
According to superintendent of police Umesh Kumar Singh, the incident occurred while the villagers were crossing the overflowing river on a boat around 1.30 pm near Raja Rampur village. “They usually cross the river every day to gather grass from the other side of the village. The boatman apparently failed to gauge the intensity of the current while letting 28 people into his vessel,” he said.
The rescue operation was launched immediately after the incident occurred, and 15 people – seven women and eight men – were rescued. A team of divers was still searching for the others, said Singh.
