at least 20 peopleespecially womenHe died and 30 others went missing after a wedding party was overcrowded on a boat party overturned in Indus River in Pakistan on Monday.
The boat was carrying about 100 people of one family across the river in Marriage procession between villages of Matchka and Karor in Sadiqabad district of Punjab province, according to police and local authorities.
nearly 90 people The passengers were rescued by divers, the statement said, adding that the passengers were mostly women And the children.
all of these on board Belongs to one clan, they were on they way To the family The wedding is across the river, he said.
“So far, we have recovered 20 bodies,” most of them, he added of they were womenSweetened government official Aslam Taleem told the local Geo News TV.
About 30 more people said people was missing.
“has not been sure how many people It was exactly on the boat. We get estimates just on the basics of The family members’ accounts.
Approximately 35 divers from the state-run rescue service took part in Process for searching and saving more people who they were in The statement said that the river.
“Most of them of It seems to be drowned women’because’ most of The men He knew how for swimming.”
“The death “The death toll may rise,” he said.
the villagers in Rural areas of Pakistan often use Boats to travel, avoid higher costs of automobile Transportation on Dilapidated roads that are often far from homes.
