On Monday PM Modi paid the grief to families who lost their dear and near ones in the Andhra Pradesh boat rollover incident. The Prime Minister's Office posted on the micro-blogging incident: "Capsizing of a boat in the Krishna River is anguishing. My thoughts are with the families of those who lost their lives in this tragedy. Andhra Pradesh Government and @NDRFHQ have been working on rescue operations: PM @narendramodi"

Moreover, the district collector also said to the ANI that about 17 bodies were recovered and that an effort to trace the remaining missing persons was still going on.

As per the data collected by the" Krishna District Collector B. Lakshmi Kantam that “ At least 17 bodies have been recovered so far. We are trying to trace the remaining missing persons. The government has appointed a senior committee to inquire. The police have also registered a case against four to five persons out of which one has been arrested.”

The state government on yesterday also asserted that an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the families of the deceased. As many as 41 people, including the boat driver, were in the boat at the time of the incident. 32 of the victims belonging to the Ongole town were on a picnic tour.

A relict of the incident had alleged that the boat operator was trying to let in more passengers, which made the boat overloaded.