Andhra boat capsize: 12 bodies recovered, CM announces ex-gratia

ANI  |  Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India] 

on Wednesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 10 lakh to the families of the people, who lost their lives after a boat carrying 44 passengers capsized in on May 15.

"An ex-gratia of Rs. 10 lakh will be given to the kin of the families. The Government will also provide housing, job opportunities to the families. The boat was loaded with and motorcycles too which has led to the mishap. and others have been arrested," said.

He further said that of 44 people, bodies of 12 people have been recovered, while 10 are missing and 22 are safe.

"There were 44 passengers on the boat at the time of the mishap. 37 are from district and seven are from district. Meanwhile, details of 26 men and 12 women have been traced while 22 are safe. So far, 12 dead bodies have been recovered while 10 more are yet to be found," he added.

Earlier in the day, Naidu personally monitored the operation of pulling out the boat and into rescue operations. He was at the site for almost four long hours and also instructed the officials.

Naidu also asserted that the boat was inspected by officials before it took off.

Giving assurance about the rescue operations, Naidu said that two platoons (60 personnel) of Disaster Response Force (NDRF), two platoons (60 personnel) of (SDRF), four navy helicopters and two air force helicopters are part of the operations.

State Deputy (Home) N Chinarajappa, Devineni Umamaheswar Rao, Minister N Anand Babu, M Muralimohan, local MLAs, collectors and Superintendents of Police (SPs) of East and districts accompanied Naidu in his visit.

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First Published: Wed, May 16 2018. 22:30 IST