Local residents and government civil defence teams are still searching for the six remaining occupants.
Local medical group Sudan Doctors Network (SDN) said in a statement that the tragedy has revealed, “the fragility of river transport and the absence of basic safety requirements,” while the, “complete absence of local authorities and civil defence rescue teams in the early hours of the incident…exacerbated the scale of the disaster.”
SDN has also called on the Sudanese authorities to send specialised rescue teams and equipment and to take immediate measures to prevent the recurrence of such disasters resulting in death.
