Godavari Boat Accident: Dharmadi Satyam team Is all set to extract the Boat Today

Update: 2019-10-21 09:45 IST

The extraction of the Royal Vashishta Punnami boat, which was sunk in the Godavari at Devipattinam Mandal, has begun once again on Monday. The Dharmadi Satyam team is all set to end the operation today with the extraction of the boat. Marine divers from Visakhapatnam visited the ferry trapped in the river twice on Sunday. The unidentified body was recovered in this operation. The body is with the black jean pants and the white t-shirt identified.

On the other hand, Marine divers told that the front part of the boat was about 35 feet deep, in the river, and the rear end was 70 feet deep. The front of the ship was found to be stuck in the mud. The boat had sunk nearly a hundred meters from the sinking area. Because of this, the Satyam team has resumed work today. If everything goes as planned. Dharmadi Satyam team and marine divers say that if all goes as planned. Extraction of the boat comes to end today unless rain disturbs.

As many as 73 tourists travelled in the boat while 38 bodies were retrieved in the rescue operations while the search is going on to race the remaining 11 bodies. The government has assigned the extraction works to the Balaji Marine Company.

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