A boat with more than 30 passengers capsized inThe deceased included children, who were on the double-decker boat for a school vacation, Sports Minister V. Abdurahiman told the Press Trust of India news agency via The Associated Press.
According to police officer Abdul Nazar, the boat capsized near the Poorappuzha River in Tanur, a coastal town in the Kerala state's Malappuram district. Rescue teams are expecting to recover more bodies as they pull it to shore.Rescuers and others gather after they pull ashore a tourist boat that capsized Sunday night in Malappuram, Kerala, India, early Monday, May 8, 2023.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed"condolences to the bereaved families" and announced compensation funds would be given to each victim's next of kin.