{"id":6851,"date":"2023-05-08T15:14:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=6851"},"modified":"2023-05-08T15:21:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:21:47","slug":"22-people-died-as-a-tourist-boat-capsizes-in-southern-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/magazine\/health-and-lifestyle\/22-people-died-as-a-tourist-boat-capsizes-in-southern-india\/2023\/05\/08\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"22 People died as A tourist boat capsizes in southern India"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW<\/span> DELHI<\/span> (AP)<\/span> –<\/span>More<\/span> than<\/span> 22<\/span> people,<\/span> including<\/span> children,<\/span> were<\/span> killed<\/span> when<\/span> a<\/span> double-decker<\/span> boat<\/span> carrying<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 30<\/span> passengers<\/span> capsized<\/span> on<\/span> a<\/span> beach<\/span> in<\/span> southern<\/span> India<\/span> ,<\/span> officials<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rescue<\/span> teams<\/span> hope<\/span> to<\/span> recover<\/span> more<\/span> bodies<\/span> from<\/span> inside<\/span> the<\/span> boat<\/span> after<\/span> pulling<\/span> it<\/span> out<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> muddy<\/span> waters,<\/span> police<\/span> officer<\/span> Abdul<\/span> Nazar<\/span> said.<\/span> Response<\/span> forces<\/span> and<\/span> Indian<\/span> Coast<\/span> Guard<\/span> officials<\/span> said<\/span> they<\/span> were<\/span> busy<\/span> with<\/span> rescue<\/span> operations<\/span> and<\/span> searches<\/span> for<\/span> missing<\/span> persons.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> tourist<\/span> boat<\/span> capsized<\/span> near<\/span> the<\/span> mouth<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Poorapza<\/span> River<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> coastal<\/span> town<\/span> of<\/span> Tanur<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Malappuram<\/span> district<\/span> of<\/span> Kerala,<\/span> and<\/span> most<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> passengers<\/span> were<\/span> tourists.<\/span> Nazar<\/span> said<\/span> authorities<\/span> were<\/span> investigating<\/span> the<\/span> cause<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> accident<\/span> and<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> boat<\/span> appeared<\/span> to<\/span> have<\/span> capsized<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> overcrowding.<\/span> The<\/span> dead<\/span> included<\/span> children<\/span> who<\/span> came<\/span> on<\/span> a<\/span> boat<\/span> trip<\/span> during<\/span> school<\/span> holidays,<\/span> Sports<\/span> Minister<\/span> V.<\/span> Abdullahiman<\/span> told<\/span> the<\/span> Press<\/span> Trust<\/span> of<\/span> India<\/span> News<\/span> Agency,<\/span> adding<\/span> that<\/span> four<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> taken<\/span> to<\/span> hospital<\/span> in<\/span> serious<\/span> condition.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> state<\/span> premier,<\/span> who<\/span> is<\/span> visiting<\/span> the<\/span> area<\/span> on<\/span> Monday,<\/span> offered<\/span> his<\/span> condolences<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> families<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> victims<\/span> and<\/span> urged<\/span> district<\/span> officials<\/span> to<\/span> oversee<\/span> the<\/span> rescue.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Citing<\/span> a<\/span> government<\/span> statement,<\/span> the<\/span> PTI<\/span> reported<\/span> that<\/span> Monday<\/span> had<\/span> been<\/span> declared<\/span> an<\/span> official<\/span> day<\/span> of<\/span> mourning.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Narendra<\/span> Modi<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> tweet<\/span> that<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> “heartbroken<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> loss<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> life”<\/span> and<\/span> announced<\/span> compensation<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> victims’<\/span> families.<\/span> Boat<\/span> accidents<\/span> are<\/span> common<\/span> in<\/span> India,<\/span> where<\/span> many<\/span> ships<\/span> are<\/span> overcrowded<\/span> and<\/span> safety<\/span> equipment<\/span> is<\/span> inadequate.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> September<\/span> 2020,<\/span> 12<\/span> people<\/span> drowned<\/span> when<\/span> a<\/span> tour<\/span> boat<\/span> capsized<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> swollen<\/span> Godavari<\/span> river<\/span> in<\/span> southern<\/span> Andhra<\/span> Pradesh.<\/span> In<\/span> May<\/span> 2018,<\/span> a<\/span> boat<\/span> capsized<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> same<\/span> area,<\/span> killing<\/span> 30<\/span> people.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEW DELHI (AP) –More than 22 people, including children, were killed when a double-decker boat carrying more than 30 passengers capsized on a beach in southern India , officials said. Rescue teams hope to recover more bodies from inside the boat after pulling it out of the muddy waters, police officer Abdul Nazar said. Response […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[562,1034],"tags":[4796,4797,4798,4799,4800,57,4790,4791,4792,4793,4794,4795],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-1-1.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6851"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6854,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6851\/revisions\/6854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}