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Mumbai: Boat carrying workers to upcoming Shivaji memorial in Arabian Sea capsizes, one dies
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Mumbai: Boat carrying workers to upcoming Shivaji memorial in Arabian Sea capsizes, one dies

| @indiablooms | 24 Oct 2018, 12:15 pm

Mumbai, Oct 24 (IBNS): At least one person died when a Maharashtra government boat carrying workers to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial in the Arabian Sea capsized on Wednesday, media reports said.

The drowned worker was identified as Siddhesh Pawar, a resident of Santacruz, reported Mumbai Mirror newspaper.

As per the newspaper report, the mishap occurred when the boat hit a rock near Prongs lighthouse. 

"A call was received at 4.15 pm. The boat belongs to the Maharashtra government and was carrying senior officials including the Chief Secretary," reported Mumbai Mirror.

More details are awaited.

 

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