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Rescuers recovered the bodies of 13 children from the Ganges after an overloaded boat capsized on its way to a Hindu festival, officials said on Wednesday. The cause and the number of people aboard have not been reported.
Boats are a common way to cross the Ganges in northern India, and overloading during festival travel has repeatedly led to fatal capsizings. This account concerns a single accident in which a boat carrying festival-goers overturned in the river.
Rescuers pulled the bodies of 13 children from the Ganges River after an overloaded boat capsized on its way to a Hindu festival, officials said on Wednesday. The South China Morning Post carried the report.