Sandwip boat accident

5 bodies recovered

At least 17 people are feared dead as a boat sank in the Sandwip Channel with 52 passengers on board on Sunday night, with the Bangladesh Coast Guard recovering five bodies and rescuing 30 people at the time of filing of the report around 5:00pm yesterday. The boat capsized around 7pm on Sunday at the Guptachhara landing point of Sandwip, about 150 metres from the shore, due to bad weather and rough tides.
The bodies found were identified as those of Boroda Jaladash, 60, Sachindra Jaladash, 55, and Md Salauddin, 30, and Hafez Aminur Rasul, 50, of Sandwip, and Abdul Haque, 60, of Senbag, in Noakhali district.
Sandwip upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) Golam Zakaria, said, “Seventeen people are still missing, as reported by their relatives. During the accident, there were 52 passengers on the vessel.” “As it sank about 150 metres off the shore, some people managed to swim to safety,” explained Zakaria.
The injured were admitted to a local hospital, he added. Two Bangladesh Navy ships—BNS Aporajeyo and BNS Shahjalal—along with a special eight-member diving team and a Bangladesh Coast Guard ship, CGS Shet Gang, joined the rescue operations yesterday morning.
“We have rescued 30 people and recovered five bodies so far,” said Shahidul Islam, commander (East Zone) of the Bangladesh Coast Guard.
“Five teams of the Bangladesh Coast Guard began rescue operations soon after the incident, while Fire Service and Civil Defence personnel, along with the local people, joined us in the operation,” Shahidul Islam said. A rough sea often
hampered rescue work, said Shahidul Islam.
The passengers were travelling from Chittagong to Sandwip aboard the sea truck (vessel), MV Shaheed Salam. The vessel had safely approached the Guptachara landing point with several hundred passengers but could not anchor as a result of inclement weather and violent tides.
The passengers were, therefore, carried to shore by red boats (small boats, so called because of their distinctive colour). One of the three red boats, with 52 passengers on board, capsized on its second trip.
According to the local administration, there were three children, one woman and others aged between 15 and 55 years among those missing. Of them, two children of Qatar expatriate Muslem Uddin—Tahsin, 9, and Niha, 4, were going to join a marriage ceremony at Sandwip from the city’s Halishahar area.
According the district administration, three primary school teachers—Md Osman, teacher of the Musapur Senar Hat Primary School, Yousuf Alam, teacher of the East Rahmat Pur Primary School, and Anwar Hossain Shipon, teacher of the East Maizvanga Primary School—who were returning from Chittagong after taking part in a training programme, were missing till the time of filing of this report.
According to the list of the local administration, 17 people were missing till 5:00pm yesterday.
They were Tanjim Md Zubayed, an engineer of the Water Development Board, Md Osman, Yousuf Alam, Anwar Hossain (primary school teachers), Md Shamsu, Nizam Mostafa, Kamruzzaman, Tahsin, Niha, Hafiz Ullah, Moin Uddin, Md Yousuf, Masud Md Aziz, Md Hasan, Samanta, Rabeya Akhter and Nizam Uddin.
The relatives of the missing gathered at the Sandwip Channel seashore, while Mahfuzur Rahman Mita, Member of Parliament from Sandwip, Master Md Shahjan, upazila chairman of Sandwip, and officials of the local administration monitored the rescue operations, said sources in the local administration.

Sandwip boat accident

5 bodies recovered

At least 17 people are feared dead as a boat sank in the Sandwip Channel with 52 passengers on board on Sunday night, with the Bangladesh Coast Guard recovering five bodies and rescuing 30 people at the time of filing of the report around 5:00pm yesterday. The boat capsized around 7pm on Sunday at the Guptachhara landing point of Sandwip, about 150 metres from the shore, due to bad weather and rough tides. The bodies found were identified as those of Boroda Jaladash, 60, Sachindra Jaladash, 55, and Md Salauddin, 30, and Hafez Aminur Rasul, 50, of Sandwip, and Abdul Haque, 60, of Senbag, in Noakhali district. Sandwip upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) Golam Zakaria, said, Seventeen people are still missing, as reported by their relatives. During the accident, there were 52 passengers on the vessel. As it sank about 150 metres off the shore, some people managed to swim to safety, explained Zakaria. The injured were admitted to a local hospital, he added. Two Bangladesh Navy shipsBNS Aporajeyo and BNS Shahjalalalong with a special eight-member diving team and a Bangladesh Coast Guard ship, CGS Shet Gang, joined the rescue operations yesterday morning. We have rescued 30 people and recovered five bodies so far, said Shahidul Islam, commander (East Zone) of the Bangladesh Coast Guard. Five teams of the Bangladesh Coast Guard began rescue operations soon after the incident, while Fire Service and Civil Defence personnel, along with the local people, joined us in the operation, Shahidul Islam said. A rough sea often hampered rescue work, said Shahidul Islam. The passengers were travelling from Chittagong to Sandwip aboard the sea truck (vessel), MV Shaheed Salam. The vessel had safely approached the Guptachara landing point with several hundred passengers but could not anchor as a result of inclement weather and violent tides. The passengers were, therefore, carried to shore by red boats (small boats, so called because of their distinctive colour). One of the three red boats, with 52 passengers on board, capsized on its second trip. According to the local administration, there were three children, one woman and others aged between 15 and 55 years among those missing. Of them, two children of Qatar expatriate Muslem UddinTahsin, 9, and Niha, 4, were going to join a marriage ceremony at Sandwip from the citys Halishahar area. According the district administration, three primary school teachersMd Osman, teacher of the Musapur Senar Hat Primary School, Yousuf Alam, teacher of the East Rahmat Pur Primary School, and Anwar Hossain Shipon, teacher of the East Maizvanga Primary Schoolwho were returning from Chittagong after taking part in a training programme, were missing till the time of filing of this report. According to the list of the local administration, 17 people were missing till 5:00pm yesterday. They were Tanjim Md Zubayed, an engineer of the Water Development Board, Md Osman, Yousuf Alam, Anwar Hossain (primary school teachers), Md Shamsu, Nizam Mostafa, Kamruzzaman, Tahsin, Niha, Hafiz Ullah, Moin Uddin, Md Yousuf, Masud Md Aziz, Md Hasan, Samanta, Rabeya Akhter and Nizam Uddin. The relatives of the missing gathered at the Sandwip Channel seashore, while Mahfuzur Rahman Mita, Member of Parliament from Sandwip, Master Md Shahjan, upazila chairman of Sandwip, and officials of the local administration monitored the rescue operations, said sources in the local administration.