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A-53, the boat owned by Kerala State Water Transport Department (SWTD), sank near Kumarakom on July 27, 2002, merely 25 minutes after it set out from Muhamma jetty at 5.35 am.
Earning a meagre Rs 60 per kilogram for shells, they struggle to provide for their children's basic needs and education.
The great poet Kumaranasan was one of the 24 people who lost their lives when the boat they were travelling in capsized while negotiating a sharp curve at Pallana River in Kumarakodi in the district on January 16, 1924.
Two dozen students and four teachers were on a picnic and taking a boat ride in the Harni lake when the tragedy occurred in the afternoon.
Three persons were in the canoe at the time of the accident. The other two were rescued.
The body of Nirappel Gopi, which was found floating in the dam waters in the wee hours of Wednesday, was taken out by 9 am.
Gopi, 62, and Sajeevan,38, from 301 Colony went missing at around 4 pm in the dam waters.
A 12-year-old girl drowned as a result of a mid-water collision at Aymanam on Monday.
The residents of Kuttanad have been accusing these passenger boats of over-speeding through the interior channels, posing a serious safety risk to country boats.
The deceased Anaswara is the daughter of Ratheesh and Reshma from Vazhaparambu.
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