Odisha: Boat capsizes in Chilika, two die, 5 missing

Bhubaneswar | Saturday | 16th June, 2018

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BHUBANESWAR: Two persons including a five-year-old girl died when a boat capsized in the Chilika lagoon on Saturday evening. Of the 14 other people who were in the boat, five were missing and nine were rescued by fire brigade and locals.Nirmal Chandra Mishra, Khurda Collector, said around 16 persons were there on the boat when it capsized. He ordered special relief commissioner and district administrations of Khurda and Ganjam to work in coordination to expedite rescue operations. The girl’s father, Rabi Narayan Das (45) is admitted at the community health centre at Balugaon. “We have found two bodies from the Chilika water..