Ukai reservoir boat tragedy: 5 more bodies fished out, all 7 recovered
March 11, 2020
Tapi: Five more bodies were fished out today from the Ukai reservoir in Tapi district of Gujarat taking the total toll in the boat tragedy to seven, police said.
Sub Inspector of Uchchhal police station N Z Bhoya said that 13 people from Sundarpur village had come for a boat trip on the occasion of Dhuleti (Holi) yesterday and had seated in the ill-fated boat near Bhintkhurd village. It overturned due to strong winds sometime between at around 1400 hrs. Six of them were somehow saved but seven others drowned. The body of two were found yesterday.
Bhoya said that there were four children among those dead. All the seven deceased have been identified as Angel (05), Sanjana (14), Abhishek (11), Aradhya (07), Urmila (21), Vinod (18) and Rajesh (32).
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