Two Boats capsized in Brahmputra River in Assam, More than Hundred People died

Two boats carrying nearly 350 people capsized in the Brahmaputra river in Assam's Dhubri and Jaleswar district on 30 April 2012. More than 100 people were killed in the deadly incident.

The bodies of 103 victims, including women and children, were recovered by the BSF and the NDRF personnel near Jaleswar. As many as 120 people are missing and believed to have drowned while around 150 passengers swam to safety or were rescued by villagers living nearby

The incident is considered to be the worst boat tragedy in the recent history of the region. In other similar major boat tragedy in October 2010, at least 79 pilgrims were drowned when an overcrowded boat carrying 150 people sank in West Bengal . In March 2012 some 138 people died in neighbouring Bangladesh when an overloaded ferry carrying 200 people sank in the Meghna river, southeast of Dhaka.