Boat tragedy: the seven dead dead, the cm Madhya Pradesh of India announces compensation

Nueva Delhi: Madhya Pradesh Prime Minister, Dr. Mohan Yadav, has announced a former RS ​​2 Lakh each one for the relatives of the victims who drowned in the Mata Tila dam in the Shivpuri district.

It is feared that the seven people who were missing until Tuesday (March 18) The night are dead.

The prime minister in a message in his mango X expressed a deep pain for the boat accident in the Shivpuri district.

In this accident that occurred on Tuesday night, some devotees died prematurely in the Rajavan town, Pichhor under the Khaniyadhana police station, CM said in a statement.

“These devotees went to the Siddh Baba temple near the Matatila dam for a FAAG -related program.

A total of seven people, including three women and four children, disappeared after a boat full of devotees overturned in the Mata Tila dam located in the area of ​​the Khaniyadhana police station in the Shivpuri district on Tuesday night.

The accident occurred between 4.30 and 4.45 pm when 15 people from the town of Rajavan were by boat to visit the Siddh Baba temple, located on the island in the middle of the dam.

They visited the temple to celebrate an event related to the Hindu holiday of ‘FAAG’ (Holi).

According to the police, the boat suddenly lost its balance and overturned along the way. Many people on the boat began to drown.

Local villagers showed rush and saved eight people, but three women and four children have not yet been tracked.

While talking with Ians on the phone, said a superior officer, he is not yet confirmed, but not everyone could be more.

There is no trace of the missing person so far due to the darkness and deposit of the dam is huge and deep. Initially, two ships and a team of expert divers were deployed to look for missing people. The site is 110 km from the district headquarters.

The dam is built on the Betwa River in Uttar Pradesh, but shares its border with Madhya Pradesh. – The statesman/Ann