Hopes have
dimmed of finding further survivors of a ferry accident in north-eastern India.
The overcrowded boat capsized after hitting a storm in one of the worst such
accidents in recent years.
Rescue
workers continued searching for over 100 people still missing on Tuesday after
an overloaded ferry capsized in heavy wind and rain in the Brahmaputra River in
India's Assam state.
Officials
said 103 bodies had been recovered from the river. Strong wind and rain were
hampering the rescue efforts for the remaining passengers.
"I
will be ordering an inquiry into the cause of the accident, but right now our
priority is to account for every person who was on the ferry," said Chief
Minister Tarun Gogoi, Assam's top elected official.
About 350
people were thought to have been on the two-deck ferry, which had a capacity of
225, when it broke into two pieces late Monday. Around 150 people were rescued
or swam to safety. The ferry had neither life boats not life vests.
It was one
of the worst ferry accidents in India in recent years.
ncy/pfd (AP, dpa, AFP)
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