Sonia Gandhi condoles deaths in Bihar boat tragedies

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday expressed sorrow over the death of women and children in two boat tragedies in Bihar and requested the state government to take steps to avoid their recurrence.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday expressed sorrow over the death of women and children in two boat tragedies in Bihar and requested the state government to take steps to avoid their recurrence.

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"I am very pained to hear that 11 women and children have died and 40 others are missing in two separate incidents of boat capsize in Bagmati river in Khagadia and Kosi river in Darbhanga districts of Bihar", she said.

"The heart-rending incident happening at the time of Durga Puja, a festival of happiness is quite painful," Gandhi said in a press release.

She also requested the state government to provide maximum support to the family of the victims and "take positive steps to stop the occurrence of such incidents in future so that such painful events are not repeated".