The deceased belonged to Mirzapur Nohta locality of Fatuha town in Patna and were members of the same family. In another incident, a boat carrying 12 people capsized in Baghmati river in Samastipur district of Bihar. Reacting to the two separate incidents of drowning in Vaishali and Samastipur districts, Bihar's disaster management minister was quoted by news agency ANI as saying that "government is not answerable". Govt not answerable: Bihar Disaster Mgmt Min on Hajipur& Samastipur incidents pic.twitter.com/qs00GOPvHX - ANI (@ANI) November 5, 2017He said the disaster response force cannot be everywhere and "had the government known of the programme, (it) would've made arrangements". Had govt known of prog would've made arrangements: Bihar Disaster Mgmt Min on Hajipur&Samastipur incidents pic.twitter.com/jvsF16DZEb - ANI (@ANI) November 5, 2017Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad expressed his condolences to the family of the deceased in the Samastipur boat capsize incident.

Source: India Today November 05, 2017 11:25 UTC