In West Bengal, search operations are on after yesterday's trawler capsized near Khejuri on Buri Ganga river in east Midnapore district. Nineteen bodies have so far been recovered. Divers of navy and coast guard have been pressed into service for search operations. AIR Kolkata correspondent reports, a small aircraft of the Coast-Guard is making aerial survey in the area besides hovercraft has also been engaged. The Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Mr. Choudhary Mohan Jatua and Union Minister of State for Shipping Mr. Mukul Roy are supervising the relief and rescue works.
News On AIR | October 31, 2010 2:02 PM
West Bengal: Search operations on for the survivors, 19 bodies recovered