NEW DELHI: A minimum of 10 individuals had been killed on Friday (Apr 10) when a ship carrying dozens of passengers in northern India hit a pontoon bridge and capsized, police stated.
The incident occurred on the Yamuna river within the city of Mathura.
“To this point, 10 our bodies have been recovered,” senior police officer Shailesh Kumar Pandey informed reporters.
The vessel was carrying 27 passengers when it overturned. It was not initially clear how many individuals had been lacking.
Rescuers from the fireplace division and divers had been deployed to look for individuals who remained lacking.
Extra groups from the Nationwide Catastrophe Response Drive had been additionally dashing to the scene to help in rescue efforts.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi supplied condolences, saying he was “deeply pained” by the tragedy and wished the injured a speedy restoration.
“The native administration is helping these affected,” he stated in a press release on social media.
Boat accidents are widespread on Indian waterways, typically blamed on overcrowding, poor enforcement of security norms and insufficient life-saving tools.
In 2024, 15 individuals, together with 13 youngsters who had been going for a college picnic, drowned when their boat capsized within the western state of Gujarat.
