Hyderabad: Engineer Ramya’s body remains missing

Hyderabad: Even after salvaging the capsizedboat Royal Vashishta at Kachchaluru in East Godavari district and recovery of over eight bodies, the body of sub-engineer Karukuri Ramya, 23, remained missing a day after the successful recovery operation.

Three bodies are yet to be traced in the boat tragedy incident that occurred on Engineers’ Day on September 15. A full 39 days after the tragedy, the relatives have no clue about the body and have been experiencing anxious moments.

Ramya’s father works as a sub-station operator in electricity department, while her mother is a home maker. Ramya, who did BTech, got job as sub-engineer in Kumuram Bhim Asifabad district recently.

Along with her colleagues, she set out for a tour of Papikondalu from Warangal, where she had goneas part of her office work, on the fateful day. The boat got capsized at Kachchaluru in Godavari River with nearly 70 passengers on board.

Ramya’s parents, who believe that the body might have been washed away by flood waters, observed her last rites on the banks of River Godavari on September 25.

The Dharmadi Satyam team, engaged in salvaging the boat, made hectic efforts since the last three days and finally managed to salvage it on Tuesday.

Eight highly decom-posed bodies of the tourists were retrieved from the ill-fated boat, but these did not include that of Ramya.