Ten people were feared drowned and many others injured after a passenger boat, which was on its way to Vypin from Fort Kochi in Kerala, overturned on Wednesday.
The incident took place around 1.40 pm after the Vypin-Fort Kochi ferry hit a fishing boat near Kamalakkadavu, reports said. According to some reports, there were more than 30 people on the ferry at the time of mishap.
Local television channels said that 20 passengers who suffered injuries in the collision were taken to nearby hospitals.Police and fire department personnel have launched a search operation for the missing passengers. Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has sought the Indian Navy's assistance in the rescue operation.
