At least 10 people feared drowned after vessel carrying overloaded trucks with stone chips lost balance in Ganga. Vessel was travelling between Samda Ghat in Jharkhand’s Sahibganj and Manihari Katihar in Bihar late on Thursday night, officials said.
A National Disaster Response Force team has been pressed into the rescue operation. Amar Choudhary, the vessel’s captain, said the tyre of one of the trucks burst and the vessel tilted.
In August 1988, about 400 pilgrims drowned when an overcrowded ferry carrying them capsized near Katihar.
