KHAIRPUR - Eleven people were drowned when a boat carrying 17 persons capsized in Nara Canal near Kathore village of taluka Nara on Wednesday. On receiving information, police and locals from surrounding areas rushed to the scene and started the rescue operation. They succeeded in rescuing six persons, identified as Muhammad Amin Shambani, Bashir Ahmed Shar, Ghula-mud Din Shar and Atta Muhammad Shar, Ms Asia and Rashida from the canal. They also retrieved bodies of five women namely Amina, Sagar, Phorhi, Hawa and Havee. However, bodies of six people, believed to be dead, are yet to be fished out.