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Thekkady boat disaster, death toll rises to 32

Posted on September 30 2009 by admin

Tragedy struck a group of tourists on Wednesday evening (September 30) when at least 18 of them drowned in a boat capsize in Thekkady Lake in Kerala’s Idukki district while 40 others were rescued. The boat, with about 80 passengers onboard, mostly tourists from outside Kerala, sank after cruising five km from the boarding point [...]