Malda flood toll rises to three

boat carrying 22 people capsized in the swollen Tangon river

near Babughat at Gajole yesterday.

While 20 of them swam ashore,the body of one of them

was found later.

An old woman died in yet another Two members of a marriage party had drowned when the

boat carrying 22 people capsized in the swollen Tangon river

near Babughat at Gajole yesterday.An old woman died in yet another incident of boat capsize in An old woman died in yet another incident of boat capsize river when her family was shifting their belongings after house was inundated at Harishchandrapur,Kumar said.

Meanwhile,the water level of most of the rivers

barring Mahananda was receding. The water level of the Mahananda was rising steadily. The water level of Ganga was constant and that of Phulahar had subsided a little,though it was flowing above the danger mark,the sources said.