That, however, doesn’t lessen the guilt of an apathetic State Water Transport Department (SWTD), a department with a fleet of boats all well past the repair and maintenance stage.The A-53 boat of the SWTD, with a capacity of 180, set off from Muhamma in Alapuzha district with 300 people on board. But it capsized 1 km from the jetty. Transport minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar said a judicial inquiry would be ordered and the boat’s crew placed under suspension. The government announced an ex-gratia of Rs 50,000 to victims’ families.