Boat capsizes; no casualties

ROING, Jun 07: A country boat carrying seven passengers and three motorcycles capsized at Sissiri river along Dambuk-Paglam road some 24 km away from Dambuk SDO headquarter on June 5 last. Fortunately, there were no casualties as all the seven passengers, including a girl, were rescued safely, reports DIPRO.

Out of the seven passengers, four were Govt servant and three students. The incident occurred when they were crossing the Sissiri river via Omorpur, Assam to reach Roing as the Dibang Ippi Pani ghat is remained closed for the last couple of days due to increase in river water.

The incident accrued barely two days after MP Ninong Ering’s visit to Dambuk.

Reportedly, the government servant were coming to Roing on official duty while the students were returning to their schools at Roing. Later, all the three bikes were recovered some 100 meters away from the accident site after hours of search in a completely damaged condition.

Meanwhile, Dibang Adi Students Union (DASU) demanded the authority to compensate all those who lost their properties in the boat mishap. It further demanded construction of manually operated Ropeway (cable car) over Sissiri and Dibang rivers to ensure safe journey during summer.

It also demanded blacklisting of M/s Soma Enterprise for the slow progress in construction work of Sissiri bridge. It alleged that the bridge being executed by M/s Soma Enterprise was progressing at a very slow pace.