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Odisha boat tragedy: Death toll mounts to 9, one missing

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Paradip/Bhubaneswar: The death toll in the boat capsize incident in the Mahanadi river mounted to nine on Thursday as eight more bodies were recovered in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, officials said. While the body of a woman was found shortly after the incident took place Wednesday evening, eight bodies were recovered during a search operation in the early hours of Thursday, they said. “Altogether nine bodies have been recovered, while one person is still missing,” said Kendrapara district Collector Dasarathy Satpathy. Expressing deep grief, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday announced ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased, an official in his office said. Patnaik had on Wednesday night instructed the administration and a search team to expedite rescue operations. The deceased included two women aged between 40 and 45 years and seven children (7 to 10 years), Satpathy said. The victims were residents of Hasina village in Kujang area of Jagatsinghpur district. The incident took place when the mechanised boat carrying 10 people capsized in the Mahanadi river on Wednesday evening, the district collector said. (PTI)

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