Tag: Puri Sea

Puri: The eroded shoreline near Swargadwar in Puri swallowed by tidal waves has left the district administration and locals worried. This has affected the livelihood of many shopkeepers who line up on the beach with their make-shift outlets. Though erosion is a natural occurrence near shores, a 200-feet erosion spotted recently near the Chaitanya square […]

Puri: An engineering student went missing while taking bath near Holiday Resorts on Puri sea beach today morning. The missing youth has been identified as Shrikrishna Kumar (18), a student of Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) Mesra in neighbouring Jharkhand. Sources said Krishna along with his four other friends had reached Puri for a holiday […]

Puri: The body of one of the two students, identified as Akash Khakha, who had drowned while taking bath in Puri sea beach on Friday was fished out today. Reportedly, eight students from Western Odisha had come to play cricket match in Bhubaneswar. As there was no match scheduled for Friday, all of them went […]

Puri: A youth downed while taking bath in the Puri sea near the Panthanivas today. Source said Sunil Dakua (23), a resident of Gajpati district, was taking bath with his friends in the sea after undergoing parasailing training at the beach in the morning. He was later swept away by a sudden tidal wave. Though […]

Puri: A tourist on Tuesday got a new lease of life after three lifeguards saved him from drowning in Puri sea. The tourist Raja Sahu of Bhubaneswar reportedly was dragged into the sea by strong currents while he was taking bath. On seeing the tourist drowning, three lifeguards deployed at the beach immediately swung into […]

Puri: Travelling from Port Blair to Neil Island in Bay of Bengal in a fishing boat, a man of Andaman and Nicobar Islands who lost direction due to a cyclonic storm, managed to survive without adequate food and water for nearly 21 days before being washed away to Odisha coast. The survivor Amit Khujur was […]

Puri: In an unfortunate incident at the ‘Blue Flag’ beach, a tourist was reportedly swept away while taking a bath in the sea here on Tuesday morning. The tourist has been identified as one Ganesh Binay from Jharkhand, who is a +2 student. The Odisha Fire Service department personnel have launched a search and rescue […]

Puri: The body of a student, who had gone missing while taking bath in the sea here yesterday, was fished out on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Ganesh Binay from Ranchi of Jharkhand. He was a +2 student. Ganesh was swept away by strong currents while he was bathing in the designated bathing […]