The Muhamma-based Arangu Social Service Forum will organise a remembrance meeting on the 21st anniversary of the Kumarakom boat tragedy on Thursday. Floral tributes will be paid to the victims at the Muhamma boat jetty at 6 a.m. Muhamma panchayat president Swapna Shabu, Arangu patron C.P. Shaji and others will attend the function.
The Kumarakom boat tragedy took place on July 27, 2002. It claimed 29 lives, including that of 15 women and an infant. A passenger boat operated by the State Water Transport department which set off from Muhamma to Kumarakom capsized in the Vembanad lake around 6.15 a.m. A number of passengers aboard were on their way to attend a Public Service Commission examination.
