Big news from Patna: A boat full of devotees sank in the Ganges
More than a dozen people drowned in the river
CURATED BY – CHANDAN KUMAR CHAUBEY | CITYCHIEFNEWS
Patna, the big news of this time is coming from Patna, where a major boat accident has taken place in the flood. On the occasion of Ganga Dussehra, more than a dozen people are reported to have drowned in the river due to a boat sinking in the Ganges river at Umanath Ghat in the flood.
After the boat sank, the administration is searching for the drowned people with the help of divers. SDRF team has been deployed on the spot. A crowd of people has gathered at the Ganga Ghat. The relatives of the people who drowned in the Ganges are crying inconsolably.
16 people are reported to be missing in the boat accident. On the occasion of Ganga Dussehra, crowds are being seen on the Ganges Ghats since morning. Some people from this crowd had boarded a boat to go to the other side of the Ganges, which overturned in the middle of the stream.
A senior officer from Nalanda district is also reported to be missing on the boat. The sub-divisional administration is engaged in searching for the missing people while the local people are also engaged in searching for the missing people.