At least 11 people drowned and four others went missing when a boat carrying about two dozen people capsized in the Sindh river in Datia district late on Sunday night, police said.
The accident took place when the members of Kewat family were going to attend marriage ceremony.
Four bodies were recovered on Sunday night and rescue operation was stopped due to darkness. Seven more bodies were recovered on Monday.
The team had rescued ten people on Sunday night. They were admitted to District Hospital. Some people also swam ashore safely. Senior police officials were supervising the rescue work. The search for the survivors is still on. Further details are awaited.
Authorities said they will continue the rescue work until they find all the missing people. "According to sources, there were around 25 people on the boat and the accident is due to the carelessness of the villagers as the boat was in a damaged state. And it was overloaded," said Home Guard Commandant RS Arhulia.
A survivor said many of his relatives were on the boat but only a few had survived.
"All my family members were there on the boat. There were almost 16 to 17 relatives. I do not know how many of them are alive. The boat was in poor state when the number of passengers increased it completely broke," said one of the survivors, Mittoo Gaikwad.