Tag: Drowning

Bhubaneswar: Two high school students met a watery grave while taking bath in Kuakhai river near a bridge in Bhubaneswar today. Fire Service personnel who managed to fish out the boys rushed them to the Capital hospital here where doctors declared them brought dead. According to reports, the two Class IX students of Govt Boys’ […]

Kendrapara: Two minor girls drowned to death while taking bath in a pond at Gajrajpur village under Rajkanika block of Kendrapara district today. The deceased have been identified as Lija Rani Mallick (9), daughter of Judhistir Mallick of Gajrajpur village and Ruparani Sethi (11), daughter of Akhay Sethi of Kandiria village. Ruparani was staying at […]

Khurda/Koraput: As many as four girls drowned in two separate incidents in Khurda and Koraput  districts on Monday. The first incident was reported from Orami village under Narayangarh panchayat of Khurda district where two girls, reportedly sisters, drowned while taking bath in a village pond. A pall of gloom descended in the village as the […]

Rourkela: A student died while two other persons went missing in separate drowning incidents today in Odisha’s Rourkela and Balasore. A class XII student of Guru Nanak Public School drowned in Koel River at Baikuntha ghat in Rourkela while taking bath in with his two friends today. The deceased has been identified as Debidutta Sahu. […]

Deogarh: In a tragic incident, three minor girls drown in separate incidents in Deogarh and Kalahandi districts today. Two of the three deceased have been identified as  Seeta, daughter of Chhunaku Oram and Anjana, daughter of Siba Oram of Deogarh district. According to sources, Seeta and Anjana, who happened to be relatives, of Singhasakha Village […]

Bhadrak: Three youths drowned while taking bath in Baitarani River near Nerada panchayat under Bhandaripokhari of Bhadrak district today. As per sources, the three have been identified as Jagannath Boitai (15), Diptiranjan Boitai (17) and Pradeep Bal (20), all residents of Boitai Sahi. Sources informed that the trio went missing after getting trapped in a […]

Berhampur/Cuttack: Holi celebration was on Friday marred by drowning of at least two persons while taking bath in separate water bodies in Odisha. In Ganjam district, one person got drowned in Gopalpur sea at the Haripur Ghat while two others went missing in the sea following Holi celebrations in the city. The deceased was identified […]

Paradip: One student drowned while another was rescued in a critical condition after both were swept away by the strong sea current near Nehru Bangla in Paradip. According to reports, nearly 40 students of IIIT in Gothapatna on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar came here on a pleasure trip today when the two  students went to […]

Rayagada: Bodies of two youths were recovered near Minajhola Shiva temple in Gunupur of Rayagada district today. The identify of both the deceased is yet to be ascertained. It is suspected that both of them died after drowning in Banshadhara river. According to reports, the youths had gone to the river to take bath and […]

Berhampur: Two engineering students went missing while taking bath at  Sonepur beach in Ganjam district on Monday morning. Suspected to have drowned, the ODRAF personnel have been put to service to trace their bodies. The missing youths, identified as Pradeep Mohanty of Aska and Ajay Suasia of Dharakote were students of a Chennai-based engineering college. […]

Rayagada: Two young women drown in Nagavali river after falling off a hanging bridge while posing for a selfie in Rayagada district today. According to sources, the two women slipped from the hanging bridge while taking a selfie and fell into the Nagavali river. The two are identified to be the residents of Andhra Pradesh. […]

Cuttack: Two students went missing while taking a bath in Mahanadi river near Dhabaleswar ghat under Bidanasi police limits on Saturday. The incident occurred at around 10 am when three students from CDA had come to the ghat for taking bath in the river. Two students—Subhankar Panda and Pritam Sethi drowned after they slipped and […]

Ghatgaon: Two minor girls drowned in a pond at Paidapatna village under Ghatgaon police limits in Keonjhar last night. The deceased, identified as Bijuli Munda and Rani Munda of the village, aged 3 and 4 respectively, had gone missing since last evening. Family members searched the girls frantically and later bodies of the duo were […]

Rourkela: A minor boy drowned while one more boy went missing while taking bath in the Brahmani river near Panposh today. The deceased has been identified as Pradyut Barik, a resident of the Chhend colony. The incident occurred when four minor boys went to the river to take bath. Suddenly, the river water current swept […]

Puri: In a saddening incident, one of the three students of a Bhubaneswar-based private engineering college drowned today in sea while another went missing near the Mangala river mouth in Puri. The third one was rescued by locals. The mishap took place when the three students, who had gone to the spot for a picnic, […]