5 missing as car falls into Assam river

  • | Monday | 3rd September, 2018

A search operation has been launched by national and state disaster response forces, the sources said. Three boats have been pressed into service for the rescue operation on Sunday morning but it was hampered by the heavy current of the river, the sources said.The couple and their children after visiting their ancestral home in the district were returning to Guwahati with the grandmother. SIVASAGAR: Five members of a family have been missing after their vehicle fell into a river in Sivasagar district of upper Assam, official sources said Sunday.The family was travelling from Sivasagar to Guwahati when their vehicle plunged into the Dikhow river after breaking a dyke at Gaurisagar Dikhowmukh Saturday evening, the sources said.The victims were identified as Haren Bora, his wife Phunu Bora, daughters Simpi Bora and Munmi Bora, and mother Ponou Bora.

SIVASAGAR: Five members of a family have been missing after their vehicle fell into a river in Sivasagar district of upper Assam, official sources said Sunday.The family was travelling from Sivasagar to Guwahati when their vehicle plunged into the Dikhow river after breaking a dyke at Gaurisagar Dikhowmukh Saturday evening, the sources said.The victims were identified as Haren Bora, his wife Phunu Bora, daughters Simpi Bora and Munmi Bora, and mother Ponou Bora. A search operation has been launched by national and state disaster response forces, the sources said. Three boats have been pressed into service for the rescue operation on Sunday morning but it was hampered by the heavy current of the river, the sources said.The couple and their children after visiting their ancestral home in the district were returning to Guwahati with the grandmother.

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