Tanda Dam boat disaster

{{Short description|2023 accidental drowning in Pakistan}}

{{Use Pakistani English|date=March 2023}}

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| image = Tanda Dam lake view.jpg

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| date = {{Start date|2023|1|29|df=y}}

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| location = Tanda Dam, Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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| passengers = 58

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| deaths = 53

| injuries = 5

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On 29 January 2023, children from the villages of Mir Bashkhel and Sulaiman Talab had gone on a picnic to Tanda Dam in Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, but drowned after their boat capsized. Fifty-one children and two adults drowned; five people were rescued – four students and a teacher.{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=Pakistan: 49 children drown after overloaded boat capsizes in lake |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/31/pakistan-children-drown-overloaded-boat-capsizes-tanda-dam-lake |url-status=live |access-date=1 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131213231/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/31/pakistan-children-drown-overloaded-boat-capsizes-tanda-dam-lake |archive-date=31 January 2023}}{{Cite news |title=Death toll in Tanda Dam boat capsize rises to 30 |work=The News International |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1035832-death-toll-in-tanda-dam-boat-capsize-rises-to-30 |url-status=live |access-date=1 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202184752/https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1035832-death-toll-in-tanda-dam-boat-capsize-rises-to-30 |archive-date=2 February 2023}}{{Cite news |title=Four booked in Tanda Dam boat sinking case |work=Pakistan Today |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/01/30/four-booked-in-tanda-dam-boat-sinking-case/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202184752/https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/01/30/four-booked-in-tanda-dam-boat-sinking-case/ |archive-date=2 February 2023}}{{Cite news |date=29 January 2023 |title=11 seminary pupils die in Kohat boat mishap |work=The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2398270/at-least-10-students-killed-as-boat-capsizes-in-kohats-tanda-dam |url-status=live |access-date=1 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202184758/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2398270/at-least-10-students-killed-as-boat-capsizes-in-kohats-tanda-dam |archive-date=2 February 2023}}