The Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) has introduced new regulations requiring all ferry passengers in the state to wear life jackets during their journey. Pics/Atul Kamble and Shadab Khan
The new regulations were announced on on December 19, a day after the mishap between a ferry and an Indian Navy craft
The body of a 7-year-old boy missing after the ferry-Navy craft collision off Mumbai coast was found on Saturday morning, taking the death toll in the December 18 tragedy to 15, officials said
Naval boats found the body of Johan Mohammad Nisar Ahmed Pathan in the Mumbai harbour area after three days of search
A naval helicopter and boats of the Navy and Coast Guard were deployed to look for the missing passengers
Of 113 persons on board both the vessels, 15 died and 98, including two injured, were rescued
The MMB records showed that the boat had the permission to carry 84 passengers and six crew members, but was overloaded, police said
The MMB, which is conducting its own investigation, cancelled the licence of the ferry as the vessel was overloaded and thus violated the Inland Vessel Act
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