A authorities official and college college students had been amongst a number of lacking as a ship carrying many passengers capsized within the Brahmaputra River in Assam’s Dhubri district on Thursday, officers stated.
Locals claimed that round 100 passengers had been travelling on the boat and 10 bikes had been loaded onto it.
The Bhashani-bound boat hit the put up of a bridge at Adabari, round 3 km from Dhubri city, and capsized, an official stated, including that 15 folks have been rescued to date.
A number of college youngsters had been on board and none have been rescued to date, he stated. Dhubri Circle Officer Sanju Das, together with a land document official and an workplace workers had been additionally travelling on the boat to survey an erosion-hit space.
Das stays lacking, whereas the 2 others managed to swim to security.
Locals launched a rescue operation with nation boats.
Divers from the State Catastrophe Response Drive (SDRF) have additionally been deployed, one other official at Guwahati stated.