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May 8 (United Press International) — Authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala continued to search for survivors after a tourist boat capsized on Monday killing at least 22 people, many of them women and children.
The boat capsized on Tuvalthiram beach in Malapuram on Sunday evening. According to the local fire departmentit is estimated that there were about 35 people on board.
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Five people swam to shore to escape and 10 others were hospitalized, VR Premkumar, a senior official in India’s administrative services, told reporters.
Regional authorities said the Indian Navy was expected to join the National Disaster Relief Force fire brigade and scuba diving teams already on the scene, while the prime minister narendra modi Expressed condolences to the family of the deceased and pledged to pay interim compensation of $2,446 to the next of kin of the deceased from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund.
Announce judicial investigation Amid the tragedy, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday visited survivors being treated at Taluk Hospital in Tirurangadi, Malappuram district, when reports said the boat was overloaded and should have been at around 7.30pm local time. Finish the day the accident happened.
Many of the passengers were children, as it was a Sunday when schools were closed, local sources said.
Boat capsizing incidents are fairly common in India as regulations concerning licensing, maintenance, equipment such as life jackets, safe operation and capacity are often not followed or enforced
Andhra Pradesh tourism minister Avanthi Srinivas pledges to crack down on unauthorized boats after 12 dead Cruise ship with 60 people capsized On the Godavari River which operates without a license.
In 2017, at least 24 people were killed when a small boat carrying more than 40 passengers returning from a Hindu festival capsized in the Ganges in the northeastern city of Patna in Bihar state.
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