Brahmaputra Ferry

The first night navigation mobile application in rivers in the country was launched for ferries plying on Brahmaputra river here on Saturday, an official spokesperson said.

The monsoon floods in Assam claimed another life on Saturday, taking the number of deaths in the rain-ravaged state to seven. Official sources said that over 15 lakh people have been affected in 25 of Assam's 33 districts so far, and the situation will only get worse amid predictions of more rainfall in the hours to come. The rescue efforts are bei...

A monsoon flood in Assam has inundated at least 17 districts in the north-east state and affected over four lakh people, officials said. The Brahmaputra river - one of the largest rivers in the world that cuts through Assam's biggest city Guwahati - and five other rivers are flowing above the danger mark, officials said.

A group of boatmen making their living ferrying people and goods across the Brahmaputra see Bogibeel, India's longest railroad bridge, as a loss of livelihood.

In Dibrugarh, Assam, the lives of thousands of residents has run into muddy waters. Every day, passenger boats ferry thousands of people from Silapathar in the northern bank of the Brahmaputra to the southern bank's tea city Dibrugarh for work, health services and education.

As Sarbananda Sonowal is all set to be sworn-in as the first BJP chief minister of Assam tomorrow, preparations are afoot for his victory trip to his home constituency Majuli island in Brahmaputra river.

Wrapped in a blue sheet and placed precariously on a stretcher with his wife nervously watching, Dulendra Panging is lowered into a ferry in Northern Assam. The bike mechanic, in desperate need of treatment for a spinal injury, will spend at least 50 minutes being delivered to a hospital across the Brahmaputra river in the town Of Dibrugarh, 435 k...

The owner and crew of the double-decker ferry that capsized on April 30 in the Bramhaputra river in Assam's Dhubri district have been arrested. Owner of the ferry Syed Ali Bepari, pilot Golabuddin, ticket checker Syed ur Rahman and helper Shah Alam Sheikh were arrested on the charge of plying the ferry after expiry of its licence, Dhubri Additional...

Search operations continued for the eighth day today to find survivors of the Dhubri boat tragedy with the Army, NDRF and BSF trying to trace victims. Police said no bodies were found either yesterday or today. Bodies of 38 victims have so far been recovered and 42 victims have been registered as officially missing.

Hundreds of people wait at the banks of the Brahmaputra for information on their family members missing in the ferry capsize, as rescuers braving torrential rain search the river at Jaleswar for any signs of survivors. The double-decker ferry broken into two pieces and personal belongings of the victims strewn all around are a grim testimony to the...

Six students are feared drowned after a boat, ferrying them and 11 of their schoolmates from a picnic spot, capsized in Brahmaputra river in Assam.

The first night navigation mobile application in rivers in the country was launched for ferries plying on Brahmaputra river here on Saturday, an official spokesperson said.

The monsoon floods in Assam claimed another life on Saturday, taking the number of deaths in the rain-ravaged state to seven. Official sources said that over 15 lakh people have been affected in 25 of Assam's 33 districts so far, and the situation will only get worse amid predictions of more rainfall in the hours to come. The rescue efforts are bei...

A monsoon flood in Assam has inundated at least 17 districts in the north-east state and affected over four lakh people, officials said. The Brahmaputra river - one of the largest rivers in the world that cuts through Assam's biggest city Guwahati - and five other rivers are flowing above the danger mark, officials said.

A group of boatmen making their living ferrying people and goods across the Brahmaputra see Bogibeel, India's longest railroad bridge, as a loss of livelihood.

In Dibrugarh, Assam, the lives of thousands of residents has run into muddy waters. Every day, passenger boats ferry thousands of people from Silapathar in the northern bank of the Brahmaputra to the southern bank's tea city Dibrugarh for work, health services and education.

As Sarbananda Sonowal is all set to be sworn-in as the first BJP chief minister of Assam tomorrow, preparations are afoot for his victory trip to his home constituency Majuli island in Brahmaputra river.

Wrapped in a blue sheet and placed precariously on a stretcher with his wife nervously watching, Dulendra Panging is lowered into a ferry in Northern Assam. The bike mechanic, in desperate need of treatment for a spinal injury, will spend at least 50 minutes being delivered to a hospital across the Brahmaputra river in the town Of Dibrugarh, 435 k...

The owner and crew of the double-decker ferry that capsized on April 30 in the Bramhaputra river in Assam's Dhubri district have been arrested. Owner of the ferry Syed Ali Bepari, pilot Golabuddin, ticket checker Syed ur Rahman and helper Shah Alam Sheikh were arrested on the charge of plying the ferry after expiry of its licence, Dhubri Additional...

Search operations continued for the eighth day today to find survivors of the Dhubri boat tragedy with the Army, NDRF and BSF trying to trace victims. Police said no bodies were found either yesterday or today. Bodies of 38 victims have so far been recovered and 42 victims have been registered as officially missing.

Hundreds of people wait at the banks of the Brahmaputra for information on their family members missing in the ferry capsize, as rescuers braving torrential rain search the river at Jaleswar for any signs of survivors. The double-decker ferry broken into two pieces and personal belongings of the victims strewn all around are a grim testimony to the...

Six students are feared drowned after a boat, ferrying them and 11 of their schoolmates from a picnic spot, capsized in Brahmaputra river in Assam.