Boat capsize in Bangladesh kills at the very least 24 Hindu pilgrims | World News

A minimum of 24 folks, largely kids and ladies, have been killed on Sunday after a ship carrying Hindu devotees to a centuries-old temple capsized in a river in northwestern Bangladesh, officers stated.

The demise toll is predicted to rise additional as at the very least 25 others are lacking after the incident in Bangladesh's Panchagarh district.

The devotees have been heading in direction of the Bodeshwari Temple on the event of Mahalaya, the auspicious begin of the Durga Puja competition, when the boat capsized within the Korotoa River.

"Round 24 folks, together with 8 kids and 12 ladies have died within the incident to this point. A few of them have been declared useless after they have been dropped at an area hospital,” Solaiman Ali, administrative chief of Panchagargh’s Boda sub-district, instructed reporters.

He stated searches by firefighters and native divers have been underway for the lacking ones, including the variety of passengers was assumed to be between 70 and 80.

Some survivors, who managed to swim ashore, are concerned within the rescue operations.

Ali stated the engine-run boat was carrying Hindu devotees to the centuries-old Bodeshwari Temple.

Panchagargh’s administrative chief or deputy commissioner Zahurul Haque stated the boat was apparently carrying passengers past its capability.

1000's of Hindus within the Muslim-majority Bangladesh go to the Bodeshwari Temple yearly throughout the Durga Puja, which started in Bangladesh on Sunday.

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have expressed condolences to the victims’ households in separate statements.

Native officers have been requested to take steps for survivors' therapy and compensation for the useless.

The Durga Puja is the most important Hindu competition in Bangladesh and in jap India.

Deltaic Bangladesh is crisscrossed by a number of hundred rivers whereas a whole lot of individuals die annually in boat and ferry accidents in Bangladesh, largely because of overcrowding.

Twenty-six folks died in Might after an overcrowded velocity boat collided with a sand-laden bulk provider and sank on the Padma River.