Death toll rises to 10 in K'ganj trawler capsize
Friday, 14 May 2010
Death toll rose to 10 in Wednesday's trawler capsize in the river Meghna in Kishoreganj with recovery of nine bodies from its hull when the engine propelled boat was salvaged Thursday, reports UNB.
Bodies of Ambia (36), Anwara (35), Tanjina (10), Takbir (6), Tania (5), Suman (4), Swadhin (3), Sharmina (4) and Deen Islam (7) were found stuck up in the hull when the trawler was pulled to the shore with the help of three cargo vessels after about 24 hours of its sinking. They all hailed from Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria.
The body of another victim, Sabekunnahar (6), was rescued Wednesday evening.
Four frogmen of BIWTA from Dhaka joined the Kishoreganj Fire Service team in the rescue operation Thursday.
Afzal Hossain MP, who was present at the salvage operation, donated Tk 5,000 in addition to Tk 3,000 from the district administration to the families of each victim for burial.
Wailing relatives received the bodies. Seven passengers of the ill-fated trawler still remained missing. Their relatives were seen searching them dead or alive along the banks of the Meghna and the Dhaleswari.
The trawler, overloaded with about 100 passengers, several hundred maunds of paddy and various commodities left Humaypur of Bajitpur upazila for Chatalpar bazaar of Nasirnagar upazila at about 11 am Wednesday.
Bodies of Ambia (36), Anwara (35), Tanjina (10), Takbir (6), Tania (5), Suman (4), Swadhin (3), Sharmina (4) and Deen Islam (7) were found stuck up in the hull when the trawler was pulled to the shore with the help of three cargo vessels after about 24 hours of its sinking. They all hailed from Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria.
The body of another victim, Sabekunnahar (6), was rescued Wednesday evening.
Four frogmen of BIWTA from Dhaka joined the Kishoreganj Fire Service team in the rescue operation Thursday.
Afzal Hossain MP, who was present at the salvage operation, donated Tk 5,000 in addition to Tk 3,000 from the district administration to the families of each victim for burial.
Wailing relatives received the bodies. Seven passengers of the ill-fated trawler still remained missing. Their relatives were seen searching them dead or alive along the banks of the Meghna and the Dhaleswari.
The trawler, overloaded with about 100 passengers, several hundred maunds of paddy and various commodities left Humaypur of Bajitpur upazila for Chatalpar bazaar of Nasirnagar upazila at about 11 am Wednesday.