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Nine feared drowned in Assam
Guwahati, July 05: Nine people, including two physically challenged children, were feared to have been drowned while four others rescued in separate flood related incidents in Assam.
Guwahati, July 05: Nine people, including two
physically challenged children, were feared to have been
drowned while four others rescued in separate flood related
incidents in Assam.
Official reports received here today said the two
children were washed away by the rising water of Jiadhol river
at Bhojugaon in the worst flood-hit Dhemaji district on
Tuesday.
In Sonitpur district, seven persons were feared dead when
their boat capsized on river Jiabhoroli near Jamuguri on
Monday as they were returning at night after marketing at
Napaam.
The bodies of the victims had not yet been recovered, the
reports said, while another, person who clung to a wooden log
drifted for eight km to Parbatia area where villagers rescued
him in an unconscious state.
In yet another incident of boat capsize in the same
district, three persons were rescued yesterday by river police
with the help of villagers on river Brahmaputra. However,
their boat was still untraceable, the reports added.
Bureau Report
Bureau Report