A major portion of a passenger ferry of the State Water Transport Department, berthed at the Ernakulam main boat jetty, sank early on Saturday morning.The boat, bearing the number A-86, used to conduct services on the Ernakulam-Fort Kochi route.
Officials of the department said it had been berthed at the jetty for the past few months, awaiting repairs. S. Padmanabha Mallya, secretary of the Pashchima (Western) Kochi Boat Passengers’ Association, said the incident showed the ineptitude of the department in carrying out timely repair of boats.
The agency had been functioning without a director and was inefficient, he added.
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