{"id":315056,"date":"2019-09-15T12:44:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T12:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=315056"},"modified":"2019-09-15T12:44:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T12:44:12","slug":"andhra-pradesh-11-dead-as-boat-capsizes-in-godavari-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/andhra-pradesh-11-dead-as-boat-capsizes-in-godavari-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Andhra Pradesh: 11 dead as boat capsizes in Godavari river"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-315057 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/bost-capsize.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"688\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/bost-capsize.jpg 539w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/bost-capsize-300x132.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">At least eleven people were killed and several are missing after a boat with about 60 tourists capsized in Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to the reports, 23 people have been rescued so far while a search was on for others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Rescued passengers have been shifted to a hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Godavari river has been in spate for the past few days with over 5 lakh cusecs of floodwater was flowing on Sunday afternoon when the incident occurred, sources said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy directed the officials to carry out rescue operations and has ordered an enquiry into the matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The chief minister also directed the officials to suspend all boating services operated in the Godavari river<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">ONGC helicopters and teams of the National Disaster Response Force or NDRF have been called in to help with the rescue operation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he is extremely pained by the capsizing of a boat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cExtremely pained by the capsizing of a boat in Andhra Pradesh\u2019s East Godavari. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. Rescue operations are currently underway at the site of the tragedy,\u201d Modi said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least eleven people were killed and several are missing after a boat with about 60 tourists capsized in Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, officials said. According to the reports, 23 people have been rescued so far while a search was on for others. Rescued passengers have been shifted to a hospital. 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