Mozambique Boat Accident: The death toll after the boat accident in Mozambique has increased to 98. Many children are included in the dead. The incident occurred when a boat carrying local residents fleeing an alleged cholera outbreak in Lunga sank off the country’s northern coast. According to the information given by the local media, there were more people on board the boat than its capacity. State-run Radio Mozambique quoted the island’s administrator, Silverio Nauito, as saying that the boat sank on Sunday after leaving the coast of the south-east African country for the island of Mozambique. About 130 people were on board the boat and at least 11 people have been hospitalized.
many people are missing
Most of the bodies were recovered on Sunday, but seven more bodies were found on Monday, raising the death toll from 91 to 98, the ‘Noticias’ newspaper quoted Nauito as saying. Nauaito told the radio station that rescue operations were ongoing. He said it was difficult to tell how many people were missing.
Due to this the accident happened
The Nampula authority issued a statement blaming “the use of a ferry unsuitable for carrying passengers and overcrowding” as the cause of the sinking, Radio Mozambique reported. Noticias, one of the country’s leading and oldest newspapers, reported that the boat was commonly used for fishing and that people from the city of Lunga were trying to escape from cholera to the island of Mozambique. . Local people believe that there has been a sudden increase in cholera cases in Lunga.
Road network is bad
The newspaper reported that people wanted to reach the island of Mozambique and they boarded the boat but the boat capsized before reaching the island. Mozambique and its neighboring southern African countries Zimbabwe and Malawi have been affected by cholera outbreaks in recent months. Many places in Mozambique are only accessible by boat, and these boats are often overcrowded. The road network in the country is poor and some areas cannot be reached by land or air. (AP)
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