Bodies of three children were fished out of the Brahmaputra River, taking the toll in the ferry disaster to 106, even as search operations were on to trace over 100 missing people.
Bodies of three children were fished out of the Brahmaputra River, taking the toll in the ferry disaster to 106, even as search operations were on Wednesday on to trace over 100 missing people.
The search, being conducted by the National Disaster Relief Force, the BSF and the Army, produced no result today and the police feared the death toll could be around 250.
Bodies of three children were fished out of the Brahmaputra last night.
Dhubri deputy commissioner Kumud Chandra Kalita, SP Pradip Chandra Saloi and top officials of the NDRF, the BSF and the Army are on the spot for supervision.
Yesterday, Kalita had hinted that the death toll in Monday's boat tragedy would rise as more than 100 were missing.
The police said the search operation would continue through the day and did not rule out the possibility of many bodies being washed downstream to the river's south bank in Bangladesh.
AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, along with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, is scheduled to visit Dhubri later in the day to take stock of the situation.
The double-decker ferry carrying around 300 people capsized in the Brahmaputra River on Monday.
The three bodies were recovered from near the site of the tragedy at the Medartary ghat.
Environment and Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain, who is camping at the site, said the government's top priority was to rescue the missing and provide adequate medical aid.
A new 30-member team of the National Disaster Relief Force today reached Dhubri to replace the existing team.
A senior NDRF officer on the spot said that muddy water and swift current was hampering the rescue operation and the divers were finding it difficult to dive deep into the water.
Meanwhile, security has been beefed up for the visit of Rahul Gandhi who, accompanied by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Assam Pradesh Congress president Bhubaneswar Kalita, is scheduled to arrive here in a helicopter from Guwahati later in the day.
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