KUMILY: Most of the 41 persons who lost their lives in the boat mishap were from Tamil Nadu and Delhi. Twelve of the victims were from Tamil Nadu and11 from Delhi.
The ill-fated boat ‘Jalakanyaka’ had claimed the lives of 41 tourists who were on a holiday trip to Thekkady. The State-wise break up of the rest of the victims is as follows: Andhra Pradesh - 6; West Bengal - 5; Karnataka - 3 and Punjab - 1. The bodies of three victims are yet to be identified. Among the dead, 20 were females, 12 males and 9 children. There are 14 persons recuperating in various hospitals, following injuries sustained in the mishap.
Natives of Tamil Nadu who died in the mishap are Sudha, 30, of Palladam, Coimbatore, her daughters Alakya, 10, and Pratheeswary, 10; Jayaprakash, 40, of Palladam, his wife Anasuya, 31, thier children Rahul, 10, and two-and-a-half year old Swathika; Sandhya, 6, and her sister Dharani, 8, of Periyakulam; Susheela, 35, her son Aditya, 10, and their relative Sivsith, 39, all from Kumbakonam. Susheela’s family is said to have roots in Thrissur. Victims from Delhi are Harinder Singh, his wife Arun Kaur and their daughter Alka Kaur, 20; Salika, Pradeep Jain, 55, his sister Vimala Jain, 65, Pradeep’s daughter Sangeetha Sharma, 45, Sandhya Jain, Anakha Jain, Sruthi Jain and Pradeep Kumar. Those from Andhra Pradesh are Sunil Kumar and Sai Maanasi, 4, both from Hyderabad, Devendra Varma, 13, and Anpurati, 38, of Vijayawada and their children Sneha, 13, and Shanmughavel, 11.
Those from Karnataka are Visalakshi Sailesh, 47, G N Surya Prakash and Ramaswami Rajasekharan. Two couples hailing from West Bengal also lost their lives in the accident. Meena Das and Nirmal Das, Kalpana Dutta and Deepak Kumar, all hailing from Kolkata, are the deceased. Anu Bhandari from Bengal is another victim. Rana Gowda, from Punjab also lost his life in the tragedy.