Vadodara district collector AB Gor mentioned there have been 27 youngsters on the boat.
Twelve college students and two lecturers drowned after a ship overturned in a lake on the outskirts of Vadodara metropolis in Gujarat on Thursday, officers mentioned.
The scholars, from the New Dawn Faculty, have been on a picnic when the tragedy occurred at Harni lake within the afternoon, the officers added.
The go to was organised by the college.
It’s reported that there have been 27 individuals on board, comprising 23 college students and 4 lecturers, far more that boat’s capability.
Additionally, there have been no life jackets on the boat.
Nationwide Catastrophe Response Drive officers mentioned 4 individuals are nonetheless lacking and the search and rescue operation on the web site is underway.
”Distressed by the lack of lives to a ship capsizing on the Harni lake in Vadodara. My ideas are with the bereaved households on this hour of grief. Might the injured get well quickly,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned in a submit on X.
”The native administration is offering all potential help to these affected. An ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh every from PMNRF could be given to the subsequent of kin of every deceased. The injured could be given Rs 50,000,” the PM additional mentioned.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel is on the accident web site and monitoring the rescue operation being carried out by personnel from the Nationwide Catastrophe Response Drive (NDRF) and different businesses.