8 killed after boat capsizes

KANDHKOT: Eight people including two children and a woman were drowned after a boat capsized in the raging Indus River Monday.
The local residents were busy recovering the drowned people and managed to recover three bodies including two children and a woman as others were also feared dead. Locals said that the boat capsized due to the raging Indus River when the residents of the Kacha area were moving to the nearby area.
Locals said that not a single team of district administration reached the incident spot for carrying out the relief activities.
It was reported earlier that the Indus River water level at Guddu Barrage surged to low flood again after a water flow of 57,000 cusecs reached to the barrage in upper Sindh. –Agencies