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| title = 2017 Patna boat accident<br />
| image =File:Ganges @ patna - panoramio.jpg<br />
| image_size =200px<br />
| caption =River Ganges in Patna<br />
| date = 14 January 2017<br />
| time = Around 18:00 ([[Indian Standard Time|IST]])<ref name=NDTV/><br />
| place = [[Ganges]], [[Patna]], [[Bihar|Bihar State]], [[India]]<br />
| coordinates =<br />
| cause = Overcrowding<br />
| participants = 40+<br />
| reported deaths =25<br />
| reported injuries =<br />
| reported missing =<br />
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On 14 January 2017, a boat carrying more than 40 passengers capsized in the [[Ganges]] in the Indian city of [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], killing 25 people.<ref name="NDTV">{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/patna-boat-tragedy-number-of-dead-rises-to-24-pm-narendra-modi-announces-compensation-1648960 |title=Patna Boat Tragedy: 24 Dead, PM Narendra Modi Announces Compensation |publisher=NDTV |date=15 January 2017 |accessdate=15 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="economictimes">{{Cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/56541003.cms |title=Patna boat tragedy: Death toll rises to 25, PM announces ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh |work=The Economic Times |date=15 January 2017 |access-date=16 January 2017}}</ref> The boat was about to reach the bank when it capsized.<ref name="News18">{{cite news|url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/patna-boat-accident-at-least-15-drown-several-missing-nitish-orders-probe-1335825.html |title=Accident: At least 21 Drown, Several Missing; Nitish Orders Probe |publisher=News 18 India |date=14 January 2017 |accessdate=14 January 2017}}</ref> Overloading is suspected to be the cause of the accident.<ref name="economictimes"/><br />
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==Incident==<br />
The boat was returning from a kite-flying festival on an island called Ganga Diyara <br />
in the middle of the [[Ganges]], as part of the [[Makar Sankranti]] celebration in the city of Patna.<ref name=News18/><ref name="NN">{{cite news|url=http://www.newsnation.in/cities/patna-news/patna-boat-carrying-40-people-capsizes-in-ganga-article-157768.html |title=Patna boat capsize incident: Death toll rises to 21, Rs 4 lakh compensation each to be given to kin of deceased persons |publisher=News Nation |date=14 January 2017 |accessdate=14 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Hindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/Several-feared-dead-in-Patna-boat-accident/article17040264.ece |title=Several feared dead in Patna boat accident |work=The Hindu |date=14 January 2017 |accessdate=14 January 2017}}</ref> The small boat, which was overloaded with passengers,<ref name=News18/> was about to reach the bank when it capsized.<ref name=News18/> The boat's capacity was 30 people, but estimates from local officials placed its actual load at 40 to 50.<ref name="reuters">{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-boat-idUSKBN14Y0Q0|title=Death toll rises to 24 after India Ganges boat capsize|agency=Reuters|date=15 January 2017|accessdate=16 January 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Rescue operation==<br />
Rescue operations located 19 bodies on 14 January, and five more on 15 January before they ended once, according to local police, there were no more outstanding missing persons.<ref name="reuters"/> Nine people were retrieved from the river by rescuers,<ref name="Hindu"/> while about a dozen swam to shore.<ref name="reuters"/> Eight people were hospitalized<ref name="reuters"/> at the [[Patna Medical College and Hospital]](PMCH)<ref name="Hindu"/><br />
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==Relief==<br />
The [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Narendra Modi]], announced an ''[[ex gratia]]'' payment from the [[Prime Minister National Relief Fund]] of [[Indian rupee|₹]]2 [[lakh]] for the next of kin of those who died in the boat accident and ₹50 thousand for those seriously injured.<ref name=NDTV/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/bihar-boat-tragedy-pm-modi-announces-ex-gratia-of-rs-2-lakh-4475022/ |title=Bihar boat tragedy: PM Modi announces ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh |work=The Indian Express |date=15 January 2017 |accessdate=15 January 2017}}</ref> Bihar Chief Minister [[Nitish Kumar]] also announced that compensation of ₹4 lakh will be given to relatives of each of the dead.<ref name=NN/><br />
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