Boat tragedy exposes safety gaps in Bihar
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- On October 13, a boat carrying 30 people capsized in the Ganga in Vaishali’s Rampur Shyamchand, killing 13 children.
- The initial investigation attributed the capsizing to a dilapidated boat with a hole that allowed water to fill it gradually.
- The private boat was reportedly operating after sunset in violation of district administration rules and had not been registered at the block office.
- The report links recurring overloading and dependence on boats to wetland and riverine settlements with poor all-weather road connectivity.
- exam_relevance: tests the specific Vaishali Ganga boat capsizing fact reported here, including its named institution, number or procedure; the article converts a current event into a precise prelims and mains issue rather than a generic topic.
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