DHAKA (Reuters) – At least one particular person died and dozens went missing after a small ferry full of passengers collided with a cargo vessel and sank on Sunday on the Shitalakhsya River in central Bangladesh, the most recent waterway tragedy to hit the nation.
One physique has been recovered, mentioned native police official Deepak Chandra Saha. Rescue operations for these missing had been ongoing, in accordance with Monjurul Hafiz, district administrator for Narayanganj the place the accident occurred.
Police mentioned they didn’t know the precise variety of folks missing, however passengers mentioned greater than 50 folks had been on board, and a few had managed to swim ashore.
Hundreds of individuals die every year in ferry accidents in Bangladesh, a low-lying South Asian nation that has intensive inland waterways however lax security requirements.
In December, at the least 41 folks had been killed and dozens injured after a packed ferry caught hearth.
(Reporting by Ruma Paul; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
