An overloaded boat capsized in Krishna river near Vijayawada yesterday evening, resulting in the death of 14 people with 9 others feared drowned, police said. Fifteen persons were rescued by local fishermen and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams were pressed into service to trace the missing persons, a senior police official said. Bodies of the people who drowned were taken out from the river. The incident occurred around 5.45 PM when a private tourism boat was making a trip from Punnami Ghat, Bhavanipuram, to Pavitra Sangamam, Ferry village, the official said.

An injured person being taken to hospital after the overloaded boat carrying 38 people capsized. Pic/PTI