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Guwahati, Sep 5 : At least two people including a college girl have been killed and many other passengers are still missing after a country made boat carrying about 36 passengers capsized in Brahmaputra River in Guwahati today.
The incident took place near Ashwaklanta Temple in North Guwahati today at around 1-45 pm.
Kamrup (Metro) district administration, NDRF, SDRF, police teams are engaged in search and rescue operations to rescue those went missing in the mighty river.
According to the reports, the single-engine private boat locally called as ‘bhutbhuti’ plied from Fancy Bazar in Guwahati to North Guwahati on the other side of the river.
The boat carrying at least 36 passengers and 18 numbers of motorcycle, was capsized after hitting a concrete piller, while it was about 200 meter away from its destination on the north bank of the river.
When the boat capsized, at least 12 persons swam and took shelter at some concrete pillers constructed for a ropeway project.
According to the reports, only 22 passengers had valid tickets and the boat was overcrowded.
Meanwhile, the rescue teams had recovered two bodies including a college girl student and she was identified as Ankita Baruah, a student of Cotton University.
The rescue teams haave rescued at least 9 passengers safely so far.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
