Divers recovered the bodies of two children from Bargi Dam on Saturday evening, raising the death toll from the Narmada Queen capsize to 11.
Helmsman Mahesh Patel, who faces termination and has been at the centre of public criticism, gave his first account of the capsize on Saturday.
Patel maintained that he had asked passengers to wear life-jackets and tried to secure the vessel as the storm hit.
He said he had jumped only after all passengers had jumped and was just 50 to 60 metres from shore when the vessel went down.
Search operations, which resumed on Saturday morning, were repeatedly disrupted by sudden storms and high waves.
Arrangements are underway to repatriate the bodies of victims to their hometowns in Tamil Nadu and Delhi.
