Bahraich, Nov. 3 -- Languishing for some time, a relocation plan for residents of Bharthapur in Bahraich district got going days after the October 29 boat tragedy as chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday announced that all 118 families of the village, located deep inside the Katarniaghat reserve forest, will be settled within a month to a safer area in Mihinpurwa tehsil where a new colony will be established.

He made the announcement after conducting an aerial survey of Bharthapur and meeting the family members of the victims of the tragedy, which claimed nine lives when a boat capsized in the Kaudiyala river.

Thirteen people were rescued, one body was found the same day, and eight others went missing. The chief minister confirmed th...