SRINAGAR, April 18 -- Anagonizingwaitis getting longer and longer for distraught families whose dear ones are missing in the boat tragedy at Gandbal in Srinagar.

Thirty-six hours on, there is no trace of missing people in the boat tragedy.

Six people including school students drowned while three others including a father-son are missing after a passenger boat capsized in Jhelum at Gundbal Batwara on Tuesday morning. Five people have been rescued in the incident.

Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, VK Birdi said the search operation to trace the three missing persons from river Jhelum is underway.

Birdi said that they have alerted all the police stations along river Jhelum to keep watch on bodies.

"Rescue operation continued in the ...