At least 24 folks, principally kids and ladies, have been killed on Sunday after a ship carrying Hindu devotees to a centuries-old temple fell right into a river in northwestern Bangladesh.
The dying toll is anticipated to rise additional as a minimum of 25 others are lacking after the incident in Bangladesh’s Panchgarh district.
Devotees have been on their approach to Bodeshwari temple on the event of Mahalaya, the auspicious begin of Durga Puja competition, when the boat capsized within the Korotoa River.
“Around 24 people, including 8 children and 12 women, have died in the incident so far. Some of them were declared brought dead after being brought to a local hospital,” Soleman Ali, administrative head of Panchgarh’s Boda sub-district, instructed reporters.
He stated firefighters and native divers have been trying to find the lacking, with the variety of passengers estimated to be between 70 and 80.
Some survivors, who managed to swim away, are concerned in rescue operations.
Ali stated the engine-powered boat was carrying Hindu devotees to the centuries-old Bodeshwari temple.
Panchgarh’s administrative head or deputy commissioner Zahurul Haque stated the boat was carrying passengers greater than its capability.
Thousands of Hindus in Muslim-majority Bangladesh go to the Bodeshwari temple yearly throughout Durga Puja that started on Sunday in Bangladesh.
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have expressed their condolences to the households of the victims in separate statements.
The native authorities have been requested to take steps for the remedy of the victims and compensation for the useless.
Durga Puja is the most important Hindu competition in Bangladesh and Eastern India.
Delta Bangladesh is surrounded by a number of hundred rivers, whereas boats and ferry accidents in Bangladesh kill a whole lot every year, primarily on account of overcrowding.
In May, 26 folks have been killed when an overcrowded pace boat collided with a sand-laden bulk provider and sank within the Padma river.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
