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50 People Missing After Tourist Boat Accident In Andhra’s Godavari River


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Several people were feared drowned when a tourist boat capsized in the swollen Godavari river in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday afternoon.

Sources told PTI there were about 60 people, including 11 crew members, in the boat run by the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation.

Fifty people are missing while 10 of those who were on board swam to safety, officials of the Real Time Governance Society told Hindustan Times.

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The river has been in spate for the past few days and over 5.13 lakh cusecs of floodwater was flowing on Sunday afternoon when the mishap occurred.

“We are trying to ascertain the details,” East Godavari District Superintendent of Police Adnan Nayeem Asmi told PTI.

The boat started off for the Papikondalu, a prime tourist destination, from Gandi Pochamma Temple near Devipatnam and it capsized near Kachhuluru, they said.

State Chief Secretary L V Subrahmanyam spoke to East Godavari District Collector Muralidhar Reddy and enquired about the incident.

The Chief Secretary directed that a helicopter be pressed into service to trace the boat mishap victims.

Police and other rescue teams have started off from East and West Godavari districts for the accident spot, but it could take some time for them to reach there because of the swollen state of the river, official sources told PTI.





via Huffpost

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