A Boat loaded with workers sank in the Nile close to Egypt capital, with 10 of the 15 people on board according to sources.
About 5 survived and were taken to hospital before being discharged, a statement by the Ministry of Manpower.
What caused the sinking was not known but the ministry allocated compensation of $6,466 to each family of the deceased and $646 each to the injured five.
Rescue teams searched for hours before recovering the bodies, which was seen on media platforms showing divers searching for bodies as settlers loiters around the Nile banks. The labourers were moving to work at a local construction firm, sources said.
It happened in the town of Monshat el-Kanater in Giza, one of three provinces forming Greater Cairo where Egyptians transport daily with boats in Upper Egypt and the Nile Delta.
All forms of transport accidents are common in Egypt owing to poor maintenance and lack of regulations.
About two died and eight went missing after a small truck they were riding in slid off a ferry and plunged into the Nile in 2022 while 35 lost their lives during a scow on the Nile.
