Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Bodies of Two Army Personnel Recovered After Hathnikund Mishap
Five Army personnel were taking part in water training at Hathnikund Barrage.
Their boat was pulled toward the downstream side by strong water currents.
The boat became stuck near the barrage gates and overturned.
Three people escaped by swimming to safety.
Two others were carried away by the water.
Search teams from the Army, Air Force, disaster-response forces and police looked for them.
Their bodies were found in different places along the river.
The Army has not yet officially confirmed the identities reported for the two deceased personnel.
Two Army personnel missing after a training boat capsized at Hathnikund Barrage were found dead.
One body was recovered from the Yamuna near Bartha Korsi village in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday night.
The second body was recovered near Amreheri village in Haryana’s Jind district on Thursday morning.
The Army said strong currents and eddies near the barrage’s sluice gates caused the boat to capsize.
Three personnel swam to safety, while a multi-agency search operation recovered the two missing personnel.
- Who
- Five Army personnel were involved; three survived and two went missing and were later recovered dead.
- What
- A boat capsized during a joint watermanship training exercise, leading to the deaths of two personnel.
- When
- The accident occurred on Tuesday evening; the first body was recovered Wednesday night and the second Thursday morning.
- Where
- The incident occurred at Hathnikund Barrage in Yamunanagar district, Haryana; the bodies were recovered downstream in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
- Why
- The boat was caught in strong currents, became trapped in eddies near the sluice gates and capsized.
- Incident site
- Hathnikund Barrage, Yamunanagar district, Haryana
- Exercise
- Joint watermanship training exercise
- Personnel involved
- Five Army personnel
- Survivors
- Three personnel swam to safety
- First recovery
- Near Bartha Korsi village in Uttar Pradesh, about 15 km downstream
- Second recovery
- Near Amreheri village in Haryana’s Jind district, nearly 200 km downstream
- Search operation
- Army, Indian Air Force, SDRF teams, police and civil administration participated