Six Vadodara schoolkids out on picnic dead, several missing as boat capsizes

At least six school children died on Thursday as the boat they were on overturned in the Harni Lake on the outskirts of Vadodara in Gujarat. The boat was carrying 27 students accompanied by their teachers who came to the outskirts for a picnic.

A search operation has been launched to



trace the missing students and 10 were rescued. Gujarat education minister Kuber Dindor said the NDRF and the fire brigade personnel have been deployed for the search operation.

"A boat carrying school students, who came here on a picnic, overturned in Harni lake in the afternoon.