Three people managed to swim to safety, while rescue teams launched a search for the missing occupants. Kota: Four people went missing after a boat carrying seven occupants capsized in the Kotri canal in Rajasthan’s Kota during the immersion of Durga idols, thepolice said on Tuesday (October 20).
Professional divers and emergency response personnel have been deployed along the canal to trace the four missing people. Following the accident, the district administration urged people to use designated sites for religious idol immersions. She also explained that rescue facilities could not be stationed at every point along the canal, making it important for people to follow the administration’s designated arrangements. “A rescue operation is presently in progress; our top priority is to ensure the safe recovery of the four missing persons. The administration has designated specific sites for immersion, where boats, divers and rescue teams are stationed. It is not feasible to provide such arrangements at every point along the entire canal.
Superintendent of Police Tejaswani Gautam said thatteams were working continuously to locate them and had collected the names of some people who were aboard the boat. Officials said these sites have rescue boats, trained divers and emergency teams to respond to accidents in the water. Gautam said that the immediate priority was to find the four missing people. The administration urges everyone to conduct immersions only at these designated locations,” the SP said.
