 "Boats are lined up on the flooded Loing Canal in St Mammes, where the Loing joins the Seine south of Paris, France, Thursday June 2, 2016. AP/PTI")
A boat carrying Maharashtra Chief Secretary D K Jain and some senior state government officials on Wednesday capsized in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai Coast, the Coast Guard said.
The officials were on way to the site of the proposed memorial of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, where work was to begin on Wednesday when it hit a rocky patch, an official said.
The commencement event has been cancelled.
Two helicopters were deployed for rescue work, the Coast Guard official said.
