At least 33 passengers including women and children have been reportedly drowned when a passenger boat carrying over 50 farmers capsized...
Multiple sources told our correspondent on the telephone that some passengers were traders returning from a weekly Danchitagi market while others were returning home after attending a wedding ceremony in the neighbouring communities.Villagers told Daily Trust that 17 out of over 50 persons in the boat had been rescued so far as rescue operations continued.
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