Bihar boat tragedy: Toll rises to 24; PM announces ex gratia

January 15, 2017 09:16

Death toll in Bihar boat tragedy has risen to 24, while search and rescue operations by National Disaster Response Team are underway.

Earlier, in the morning, the NDRF DG had said that 21 bodies have been recovered. However, three more have been found since then.

"21 bodies have been recovered so far, search and rescue ops underway. Three NDRF teams are at the spot," R K Pachnanda, director general of the NDRF, had said.

Meanwhile, expressing grief at the tragedy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced ex gratia from PMNRF of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of those deceased and Rs 50,000 for the seriously injured

Congress president Sonia Gandhi also condoled loss of lives in the tragedy.

Criticising the state government for the mishap, Union minister Radha Mohan Singh said, "This is a failure of the state government, the arrangements were not proper." -- ANI

IMAGE: SDRF team recovers a passenger's body after a boat capsized in the Ganga river in Patna. Photograph: PTI Photo

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

Not changing 2G judgment, non-auction allocation only for...: Sources

The government is not seeking to change the 2012 Supreme Court judgment that backed auction as the preferred mode of allocating telecom spectrum except for narrowly defined sectors such as satellite communication and defence where the...

It's Modi govt that wanted to bring inheritance tax: Cong

Amid the row over Congress leader Sam Pitroda's remarks, the party on Wednesday asserted that it has no plans whatsoever to introduce an inheritance tax and cited former Union minister Jayant Sinha's remarks to allege that it is the Modi...

'Can't control polls': SC to EVM critics as it reserves order

The Supreme Court said on Wednesday it cannot 'control the elections' or issue directions simply because doubts have been raised about the efficacy of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), as it reserved its judgment on a clutch of petitions...

Modi's 'redistribution' charge against Cong gets Pitroda's booster

In his poll rallies, Modi framed Pitroda's comments in his wider onslaught against the Congress, asserting that they have exposed its hidden agenda and that the party has become so removed from the country's social and family values that...

IPL PIX: Pant shines as spirited Delhi Capitals edge Titans

Rishabh Pant's belligerent unbeaten half-century helped Delhi Capitals' to a narrow four-run win over Gujarat Titans.