Odisha Boat Tragedy

The number of death in the boat capsize incident in the Mahanadi river mounted to nine on Thursday as eight more bodies were recovered in Odisha's Kendrapara district, officials said.

Taking suo motu cognizance of the Hirakud boat tragedy which claimed 31 lives, Orissa High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the State Government asking it to file status reports in two weeks, even as a boatman was arrested in connection with the incident.

The number of death in the boat capsize incident in the Mahanadi river mounted to nine on Thursday as eight more bodies were recovered in Odisha's Kendrapara district, officials said.

Taking suo motu cognizance of the Hirakud boat tragedy which claimed 31 lives, Orissa High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the State Government asking it to file status reports in two weeks, even as a boatman was arrested in connection with the incident.