In a tragic mishap reported from prime minister Narendra Modi’s Parliament constituency, thirty people were feared dead in the flooded Ganga river in Rohania area in Mirjapur on Tuesday.
The incident occurred near Betwar village in Rohania area when the boat was coming from Mirzapur. It may be mentioned that Rohania comes under the Varanasi lok Sabha constituency.
Mirzapur District Magistrate Anil Dingra, while talking to local media persons on Tuesday evening has confirmed death of 30 people in the boat mishap. He said that around 55 to 60 people were on the boat
of which only 14 could be saved. ‘’There is very less chances of any survival in the accident due to sunset,’’ he said while adding that the death toll could increase. However, chief secretary, Alok Ranjan
as well as IG (Varanasi Zone), Prakash D, maintained the figure of causalities just to 12. Prakash D while taking to `The Pioneer’ said that they pushed two companies of Provincial Armed Constabulary as
well as one company of Natural Disaster Rescue Force (NDRF) camping in Varanasi for rescue operation who safely fished out over two dozen persons.
The boat was carrying people from Chunar in Mirzapur district and crossing the Ganga when it capsized mid-stream.
Senior district officials have rushed to the spot and rescue operation was underway.
Meanwhile Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has expressed his condolence over the drowning of people and has directed the officials to launch a rescue operation. Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan said that ex-gratia
amount of Rs 2 lakh each would be provided to the family of deceased.