MUMBAI: Three girls drowned and five were lacking after a private boat with 40 students, who were on a college picnic, capsized this morning off the coast of Dahanu in Palghar district of Maharashtra.
Police said that 32 students have been rescued and a search for the lacking ones was proceeding with Coast Guard body of workers and local fishermen out at sea.
The our bodies of the 3 girls- Sonal Bhagwan Surati, Janhavi Harish Surati and Sanskruti Mayavanshi -- all elderly 17, were recovered, Superintendent of Police, Palghar, Manjunath Singe instructed PTI.
All three were residents of Masauli in Dahanu's Ambedkar Nagar space.
Rescued students obtain treatment at a sanatorium in Dahanu
The private boat was carrying 40 students of Ponda School and Junior College in Parnaka in Dahanu and capsized round 11.30 am, Singe said.
The students were on a picnic.
"The Coast Guard has deployed its ships and aircraft in the rescue operation and personnel from several departments like the coastal police are involved in the search operations," the SP said.
The location is round 20 miles off the Dahanu coast, a spokesperson of the Coast Guard said. Dahanu is positioned round 130 km from Mumbai.
Among the rescued, three students and the boat driver were admitted to a sanatorium, the police said.
President Ram Nath Kovind, who arrived in Mumbai as of late on a two-day talk over with to Maharashtra, has introduced his condolences to the households of the ones killed in the tragedy.
"Anguished to hear of boat carrying school children capsizing in Dahanu, Maharashtra. State government has rescued most of the passengers and is making efforts to trace those still missing. My condolences to bereaved families," he tweeted.
Police said that 32 students have been rescued and a search for the lacking ones was proceeding with Coast Guard body of workers and local fishermen out at sea.
The our bodies of the 3 girls- Sonal Bhagwan Surati, Janhavi Harish Surati and Sanskruti Mayavanshi -- all elderly 17, were recovered, Superintendent of Police, Palghar, Manjunath Singe instructed PTI.
All three were residents of Masauli in Dahanu's Ambedkar Nagar space.
Rescued students obtain treatment at a sanatorium in Dahanu
The private boat was carrying 40 students of Ponda School and Junior College in Parnaka in Dahanu and capsized round 11.30 am, Singe said.
The students were on a picnic.
"The Coast Guard has deployed its ships and aircraft in the rescue operation and personnel from several departments like the coastal police are involved in the search operations," the SP said.
The location is round 20 miles off the Dahanu coast, a spokesperson of the Coast Guard said. Dahanu is positioned round 130 km from Mumbai.
Among the rescued, three students and the boat driver were admitted to a sanatorium, the police said.
President Ram Nath Kovind, who arrived in Mumbai as of late on a two-day talk over with to Maharashtra, has introduced his condolences to the households of the ones killed in the tragedy.
"Anguished to hear of boat carrying school children capsizing in Dahanu, Maharashtra. State government has rescued most of the passengers and is making efforts to trace those still missing. My condolences to bereaved families," he tweeted.
Three students drown, 32 rescued after boat capsizes in Maharashtra
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