Nimti Ghat accident: One dead, many missing after ships collided on Brahmaputra Guwahati News – Times of India

GUWAHATI: A woman was killed and several others are missing after a private motorized country boat going from Majuli Island in Assam’s Jorhat district to Nimatighat rammed into a larger boat coming from the opposite direction on Wednesday afternoon.
The incident happened around 4.15 pm. “Ma Kamala”, the country boat that sank, was going from Nimatighat in Jorhat to Majuli and another boat, “Tripkai”, was coming from Majuli and headed towards Nimatighat.
Boats run by government and private parties are the lifeline for the islanders. Privately operated boats do not issue any tickets and hence they count the passengers traveling. Officials said that according to various sources at least 70 people were on board the boat and due to this the number of missing could be around 27. dead woman, parmita daso, who hails from Guwahati, had recently joined a school in Majuli as a teacher.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa wire Said that 43 people have been rescued so far. “One of the women died after being taken to Jorhat Medical College and Hospital.” At least seven children were among the rescued passengers, the youngest being a three-month-old infant.
PM Narendra Modi “Saddened by the boat accident in Assam. Every effort is being made to rescue the passengers. I pray for everyone’s safety and well-being,” he tweeted.

Rescue personnel and local youths of NDRF and SDRF are engaged in search and rescue operations till the time of writing this news. Divers found the sunken boat about 200 meters below the site of the collision.
“So far, four missing persons have been reported through our toll-free numbers, but we will need a few hours to know the exact number of missing persons,” Sarma said. Sarma said that he will stay at Nimatighat on Thursday.
Sarma said the boat was found in an upturned position at the bottom of the river, but due to the strong current of the river, divers could not search inside the boat to find any trapped person. “Now we will completely cut the boat to conduct a search operation under the overturned boat,” he said.
Dozens of country boats carry hundreds of people from the island to the Jorhat mainland every day in the absence of a bridge. Union Minister had laid the foundation stone of the bridge Nitin Gadkari The construction work of the 2-lane 6.8 kilometer bridge was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi in February, 2021, ahead of the assembly elections in 2016.