<p>"Thirty-five more bodies have been recovered," Superintendent of Police Indranand Mishra said in Khagaria, about 200 km from here. <br /><br />Over 80 villagers were returning from a fair in a boat that could have held only 30 people. Till Tuesday evening, 21 bodies were recovered from the Bagmati. <br /><br />A dozen people were missing. "A search is on to recover them," Mishra told IANS.<br />The incident took place Monday evening, about the same time when another overloaded boat capsized in the Kosi river in Darbhanga district, about 150 km from here, killing nine people.<br /><br />"Most of the dead were women and children. Eight men swam to safety or were rescued. One man is still missing," said an official in the Darbhanga district magistrate's office.<br />Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced a compensation of Rs.150,000 for the families of the victims.</p>
<p>"Thirty-five more bodies have been recovered," Superintendent of Police Indranand Mishra said in Khagaria, about 200 km from here. <br /><br />Over 80 villagers were returning from a fair in a boat that could have held only 30 people. Till Tuesday evening, 21 bodies were recovered from the Bagmati. <br /><br />A dozen people were missing. "A search is on to recover them," Mishra told IANS.<br />The incident took place Monday evening, about the same time when another overloaded boat capsized in the Kosi river in Darbhanga district, about 150 km from here, killing nine people.<br /><br />"Most of the dead were women and children. Eight men swam to safety or were rescued. One man is still missing," said an official in the Darbhanga district magistrate's office.<br />Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced a compensation of Rs.150,000 for the families of the victims.</p>