More than 10 people, including a senior government official, went missing after a boat carrying around 100 passengers capsized in the Brahmaputra River in Assam\u2019s Dhubri district on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Locals launched a rescue operation with country boats and claimed that around 100 passengers were travelling on the boat in the Brahmaputra river and 10 motorcycles were loaded onto it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A country-made boat capsized in the Brahmaputra river in Dhubri district. Search and rescue teams have started the operations, Gyanendra Dev Tripathi, Chief Executive Officer, Assam State Disaster Management Authority said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A rescue operation is underway for which divers from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have also been deployed. So far, 15 people have been rescued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dhubri Circle Officer Sanju Das, along with a land record official and an office staff were also travelling on the boat to survey an erosion-hit area. He remains missing, while the two others managed to swim to safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The official informed that the Bhashani-bound boat hit an underwater pillar of the Dhubri-Fulbari bridge, which is under construction and capsized. Several school children were on board and none have been rescued so far, the official also said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Divers from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have also been deployed, another official at Guwahati said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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