The pleasure cruise that ended in a watery grave for 41 tourists in the famed Periyar wildlife sanctuary could have been avoided, experts said, as the government admitted lapses in ensuring basic security measures like life jackets.
The pleasure cruise that ended in a watery grave for 41 tourists in the famed Periyar wildlife sanctuary could have been avoided, experts said, as the government admitted lapses in ensuring basic security measures like life jackets.
Eleven more bodies were pulled out of the Thekkady lake, upping the toll to 41.
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The double-decker boat in which they were traversing the lake, ringed by the forested sanctuary famous for its elephant sightings, capsized onu00a0 Wednesday, killing many of its 76 passengers.
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