"Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has announced Rs 1 lakh assistance each for those killed in the boat tragedy in Kanpur. He has also expressed condolences to bereaved family members," a spokesman said here.
Nine persons drowned when a boat carrying 12 people, including the boatman, capsized in the river at Siddhnath Ghat in Jajmau during the immersion of a Ganesha idol yesterday.
The boatman, however, swam to safety. Search operations are on to locate two missing persons.