Jharsuguda Boat Tragedy: All Bodies Recovered; Total 8 Dead
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The bodies of all seven missing persons in the Jharsuguda boat capsizal incident were retrieved today. With this, the number of total deaths rose to eight- five women and three children.
Jharsuguda, Apr 20: The bodies of all seven missing persons in the Jharsuguda boat capsizal incident were retrieved today. With this, the number of total deaths rose to eight- five women and three children.
Notably, more than 50 passengers were onboard when the boat capsized in the Mahanadi near Sarada ghat under the Rengali police limits on Friday afternoon. While the fishermen managed to rescue over 42 passengers, others went missing. After a few minutes, one of the missing was rescued and he was later declared dead in the nearby medical.
Fire and ODRAF personnel and Scuba divers were pressed into service. Though they conducted a search operation, they could not trace any of the seven missing persons by evening. They resumed the search operation at 5 am today.
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✨The bodies were recovered from different locations during the hours-long search operation, said sources.
All deceased persons have been identified as natives of the Kharseni area of neighbouring state of Chhattisgarh.
A pall of gloom descended on the area following the tragic mishap.