DHAKA: Four feared dead after a boat with 40 school children on board capsizes 2 nautical miles from the sea shore in Dahanu in Maharashtra, reports Outlook India.

As many as 25 students have been rescued while the operations are still underway.
Coast Guard has diverted ships which were at sea and ships are also sailing from Mumbai. 

Dornier aircraft and helicopters from Daman (near to Dahanu) have also been launched, reported news agency ANI.

Local BJP MLA Manisha Choudhary claimed that the boat was ferrying around 40 children.

District Collector Prashant Narnaware told PTI that the incident occurred this morning off the Dahanu coast.

"Massive rescue and relief operations are underway and District Superintendent of Police and local officials are supervising the operations," he said.

BDST: 1600 HRS, JAN 13, 2018
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