TIL Desk/National/Banda(UP)/ A total of eight bodies were fished out from the Kishanpur ghat on Saturday pushing the death toll to 11 in the August 11 boat capsize incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district, the police said. Earlier on Saturday, six bodies were recovered and two more were retrieved a short time later, the police said.
Superintendent of police Rajesh Singh said that the bodies of five men and three women, have been recovered on Saturday and the process of identification is underway. The search operation is being carried forward, he said. The mishap took place on Thursday morning when a boat carrying about 30 to 40 people was on its way from Marka to Jarauli Ghat in the Fatehpur district.
The passengers were on their way to visit relatives on the occasion of Rakshabandhan. Rescue operations is being carried out by the National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force and Kishanpur police who employed divers. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to provide financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh to the kin of each of the deceased from the Disaster Relief Fund.
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