Circle Officer missing in Assam boat mishap
The Hindu
Collision with a submerged post caused 28 people to sink in a channel of the Brahmaputra River in Dhubri district, said sources
GUWAHATI
A Circle Officer was reported missing after a mechanised boat with 28 people on board sank in a channel of the Brahmaputra River in western Assam’s Dhubri district Thursday morning.
Officials in the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said the accident happened when the boat hit a submerged pillar under construction for the Dhubri-Phulbari bridge, to be India’s longest.
Dhubri Circle Officer Sanju Das was returning with a revenue official and an ASDMA field officer after inspecting an erosion-affected area. The other passengers were locals, including women and schoolchildren.
Some of the passengers swam to safety, others were rescued by locals and members of the State Disaster Response Force. A few injured people were admitted to a local hospital, officials said.
Dhubri’s Deputy Commissioner, Anbamuthan M.P. said an engineer of the firm constructing the bridge has been arrested for culpability in the accident. Locals said people are forced to use boats on a small channel of the Brahmaputra because the firm does not allow them to use a service bridge.
“While we are sparing no effort to find the Circle Officer, we shall be arresting more people from the firm as well as the owner of the boat,” Mr Anbamuthan told The Hindu.
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