Newsinc24 Team 
In Assam, dozens of people are feared missing in a collision involving two passenger ferries on Brahmaputra on Wednesday afternoon. The incident took place between Kamalabari in Majuli and Nematighat in Jorhat around 4pm. Both the ferries were carrying over 100 passengers in all. State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel have started rescue operations. More details are awaited, Jorhat deputy commissioner Ashok Kumar Barman said.
According to reports, one of the boats, a government passenger ferry of the Inland Water Transport department, was coming from Majuli (a river island district in Assam) to Nimati Ghat with around 120 passengers on board while the other boat was going in the opposite direction.Around 42 people, including a baby, have been rescued till now from which many have been sent to hospitals.Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma directed the district administration of Majuli and Jorhat districts to carry out the rescue mission expeditiously with the help of the NDRF and SDRF.
