Boat full of school children capsized in lake, 14 children and 1 teacher died, number feared to increase

Vadodara: A boat full of school children who had come for sailing in Motnath lake of Vadodara Harani capsized and sank. After getting information about this incident at around 4.30 in the morning, the administrative machinery including Vadodara Corporation, Fire Department has reached Harni Lake. Search and rescue of children in the lake water has been done on war footing.

According to preliminary information received about this incident, children and teachers of New Sunrise School had come here for picnic. Then went boating in the lake. It has been learned that there were 23 children and 4 teachers in the boat. Official information on this is awaited. According to the information given to the police by the school operators, 14 children and one teacher have died. While the search for 6-7 people is still going on.

According to the information regarding the case of boat capsizing during the ongoing search operation, the capacity of the boat is 14 people, whereas 23 children and four teachers are included in it, questions are being raised on this. Of the children going sailing, 11 were wearing life jackets, while the remaining children were put in the boat risking their lives. According to the latest news, 11 children have been saved during the rescue operation. It is learned that one child has died and another child has been taken to SSG Hospital. A large number of people including parents of school children reached the incident site. The search operation is still going on to find the children and teachers missing in the water. NDRF team is also engaged in this work.