<p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The double-decker ferry, broken into two pieces, and personal belongings of the victims strewn all around are a grim testimony to the tragedy that occurred last evening.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;My wife and two children were in the ferry and till now there is no news about them,&quot; said Nazrul Islam in tears.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;The government is not giving the correct figures. There were more than 500 passengers in the ferry who were crossing the river from Kacharighat area,&quot; he claimed.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Islam is among many in Dhubri district bordering Bangladesh who have lost members of their family in the worst ever disaster that took place at 4:20 pm last evening.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="270" id="player1" name="player1" width="480"> <param name="movie" value="http://videos.mid-day.com/layout/ewplayer.swf" /> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="flashvars" value="file=http://videos.mid-day.com/videos/flv/Assam-boat-accident-At-least-100-dead-another-100-still-missing.flv&amp;autostart=true" /> <embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="file=http://videos.mid-day.com/videos/flv/Assam-boat-accident-At-least-100-dead-another-100-still-missing.flv&amp;autostart=true" height="270" id="player1" name="player1" src="http://videos.mid-day.com/layout/ewplayer.swf" width="480"></embed></object></div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The tragedy has so far claimed 103 lives while the authorities fear that the casualty figure will rise as over 100 people are missing.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Such was the fury of the storm that made the ferry capsize, that it broke into two. Rescuers fished up personal belongings of the victims from the waters.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The search operation was being carried out by the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF), the BSF and the Army.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Two helicopters were being used, but rough weather was hampering the search operations, a BSF man said. &quot;The main reason for the tragedy was due to the overloaded boat and bad weather,&quot; he said.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   In the meanwhile,u00a0Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for next of kin of those killed in Assam boat tragedy.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   &quot;An assistance of Rs 2 lakh has been announced for the next of kin of each of the deceased in the tragedy from the Prime Minister&#39;s National Relief Fund,&quot; a PMO statement said.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   <div id="cke_pastebin">    The Prime Minister also spoke to Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and offered all possible help to the state government in the relief operations.</div>  </div>  

As hundreds of people wait on the banks of the Brahmaputra for information on their family members missing in the ferry capsize, rescuers braving torrential rain search the river at Jaleswar for any signs of survivors.

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