21 drown as boat capsizes in Indus River
Pakistan
21 drown as boat capsizes in Indus River
SADIQABAD (Dunya News) - At least 19 women and two children were among the 21 participants of the marriage party, who drowned after the boat on Monday capsized in the Indus River.
According to rescue officials, the participants of the marriage party consisted of two boats and more than 150 people were on board in total.
The rescue officials said that 94 people drowned, while local people saved 45 people from drowning. At present, the search for 29 people is going on, said the rescue officials.
The rescue officials further said that due to the threat of robbers in the area, there are difficulties in the operation, adding that the ongoing rescue operation in the Indus River was halted.
As per rescue officials, the operation to search for the people who drowned in the accident will be started from tomorrow morning.
The Deputy Commissioner said that this unfortunate accident happened due to overloading.He also said the rescue operation is going on to search for the drowned people in the river Indus, adding that after the incident, most of the people were rescued by local people.
On the other hand, Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz Sharif has expressed grief over the loss of lives in the boat capsizing incident in the Indus River.
He directed the local authorities to speed up rescue operations to find the missing persons.
Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz has also sought a report from the administration about the accident.
