The death toll in the Volta lake boat disaster has increased to 13.
The body of a pregnant woman was the latest to be retrieved 48 hours after the disaster.
NADMO is coordinating the operation which has seen the retrieval of the bodies of at least six children.
Noah Kwame Sarfo, Chairman of the Yeji Boat Owners Association said more accidents are likely to happen due to the low level of the Volta River.
“As for the [accidents] once in a while we will experience it…because as for the accidents it is part of the business so we are praying that such things will not happen again.”
Survivors told Starr News the boat which was carrying passengers from Nantwekope to Yeji hit a tree stump in the middle of the journey and capsized.
There were about 70 passengers on board during the tragedy, according to rescuers. The passengers were travelling to Yeji with their foodstuff to trade between Sunday and Tuesday.
The remains of the deceased have been deposited at the morgue.
It will be recalled that about a month ago four people lost their lives when a canoe was overloaded on the same lake.
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