A person has died while several others are feared drowned after two boats with nearly 120 people on board collided in Brahmaputra river in Assam and one of them capsized, police said on Wednesday.
While a few people managed to swim to safety, some passengers are still feared missing. Rescue operation is on following the capsize of a boat in the Brahmaputra near Nimati Ghat in Jorhat district, Assam.
CEO of the state disaster management authority G D Tripathi said that the mishap occurred following a head-on collision between a ferry and a machine boat. He said, Jorhat and Majuli district administrations are carrying out rescue operations with the help of NDRF and SDRF. Mr. Tripathi said that there were 120 passengers while over 100 people have been rescued so far.
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