TALK:2012 ASSAM FERRY DISASTER

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A news item involving Assam ferry sinking was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 2 May 2012.

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In many reports the destination ghat is Medertary Ghat, and the ferry sank about 500m from the ghat. ( http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may0212/at05) It is not clear to me that Medertary Ghat is the same as Fakirganj Ghat. Could someone please confirm? Thanks. Chaipau ( talk) 14:48, 5 May 2012 (UTC) reply