Tag: Boat Tragedy

Boat tragedy aftermath: CM reviews boat rule, safety measures

Bhubaneswar: Four days after the heart-wrenching boat capsize incident in Sambalpur district’s Hirakud reservoir that claimed 31 lives, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today reviewed Odisha Boat Rule, 2004 in a bid to strengthen the mechanism governing plying of vessels in major water bodies of the State. The CM meeting held at the State Secretariat here […]

  • Friday, 16 July 2021
Death toll in Hirakud boat tragedy rises to 29

With 17 more bodies recovered from the Hirakud reservoir till the latest report today, the death toll in the unfortunate boat tragedy incident rose to 28. More three bodies are still apprehended to be trapped in the deep water...

  • Friday, 16 July 2021
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Boat tragedy: Seven drowned; one missing

Nagpur: The desire to click selfies in the middle of a reservoir resulted in a tragedy for a group of picnickers with the boat carrying them capsizing in Vena dam in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district, police said today. While seven bodies have been recovered till this evening, one person still remains untraced since the tragedy occurred […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Kendrapara boat tragedy: Meet 3 braveheart girls who saved over 20 lives

Kendrapara: Fifty five people were returning after enjoying a New Year picnic near the Light House at Hukitola Island of the Mahanadi River yesterday. Hardly did they know that only 45 will return home safe. Amid darkness, chaos and the cries of despair, three girls, who were in that ill-fated boat, braved the raging Mahanadi […]

  • Friday, 04 June 2021
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Dhenkanal Boat Capsize: Search On To Trace Four Missing Persons

Dhenkanal: Personnel of Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) and Fire Services continued search and rescue operation on Sunday to trace the four persons who went missing after the boat they were ferrying, capsized in Brahmani River near Khadakprasad ghat under Motanga Police limits in Dhenkanal district last night. Sources said, around nine people including […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Malkangiri Boat Capsize: Bodies Of 3 Missing Persons Recovered

Malkangiri: Bodies of three persons, who went missing after a boat capsized in Balimela Dam in Chitrakonda block of Malkangiri district on Friday, were fished out from deep waters of the reservoir by rescue team on Monday. The death toll in the mishap has now risen to four. The deceased persons, whose bodies were recovered […]

  • Sunday, 25 April 2021
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Boat Tragedy: Toll Rises To 34; Search Continues For 13 More

Amaravati: Six more bodies of those killed in the boat accident in river Godavari in Andhra Pradesh were retrieved on Wednesday, taking the toll to 34, with 13 more people still reported missing. Of the 34 deceased, as many as 23 were men, eight women and three children, the State Disaster Management Authority said in […]

  • Sunday, 25 April 2021
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Mahananda boat capsize death toll rises to 8, over 20 missing

Katihar/Malda: The death toll in the boat capsize in Mahananda river bordering West Bengal and Bihar rose to eight on Saturday after four more bodies were recovered by rescue teams, a police officer said. The bodies of four men were fished out from the river at Chanchal area in Malda district of West Bengal on […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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