GUWAHATI
A Circle Officer was reported missing after a mechanised boat with 28 people on board sank in a channel of the Brahmaputra River in western Assam’s Dhubri district Thursday morning.
Officials in the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said the accident happened when the boat hit a submerged pillar under construction for the Dhubri-Phulbari bridge, to be India’s longest.