Ten people drowned after boat capsized in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar, bodies of three girls found so far

A boat full of women laborers capsized in the Narayani river in Kushinagar's Khadda area on Wednesday morning. All 10 people aboard the boat, including nine women, drowned. Seven were rescued by fishermen who were fishing in the river, while three girls went missing. On getting information about the incident, the top officials of the district reached the spot and rescue work was started.

The bodies of all three were found after an hour's effort. As soon as it came to know about this, there was a scream in the village. The female laborers on the boat were going across the river to harvest wheat.

Misri Nishad, a resident of village Bodhi Chhapra, has a farm in the village Baluiya Reta across the Narayani river. Wheat crop is ready in the field. At eight o'clock in the morning, he was going across the river in a boat to harvest wheat with nine women workers, residents of Tola Pathalhwa of Chitauni. Due to a hole in the boat in the middle of the river, it suddenly overturned due to water filling. All aboard started drowning.