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Overloaded Indian Ferry Capsizes, 19 Dead

   VOA News 31 October 2010
   Relatives  of a passenger grieve beside the dead body, recovered after
   an  overcrowded  ferry  capsized  near Ghoramara, in Sundarbans Island
   some 120 Kms (75 miles) south of Kolkata, 30 Oct 2010

Photo: AFP

   Relatives  of a passenger grieve beside the dead body, recovered after
   an  overcrowded  ferry  capsized  near Ghoramara, in Sundarbans Island
   some 120 Kms (75 miles) south of Kolkata, 30 Oct 2010

   officials  are  searching  for  survivors  in a turbulent river from a
   ferry that capsized and killed at least 20 people.

   Officials  say  more  than  100  people  were  on  the  ferry  when it
   overturned  Saturday  in  a  river in the eastern Indian state of West
   Bengal.

   Officials  say  about  50 passengers have been rescued and sent to the
   hospital. Dozens of others were missing.

   Authorities  say the boat's maximum capacity was 60 people, but it was
   badly overloaded.

   Officials  say  most  of  the passengers were Muslims returning to the
   town of Kakdwip after attending a religious festival.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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