Chilika boat tragedy: Death toll rises to six, 11 rescued

Bhubaneswar | Sunday | 17th June, 2018

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BHUBANESWAR: Death toll increased to six in the Chilika boat capsizing incident. The rescue operation is over, said official sources on Sunday.Nirmal Chandra Mishra, Khurda Collector, said 15 tourists and two boatmen were there on the boat. The rescue operation is over, " he added.He said a little girl Shradhanjali Das and her mother were fished out from Chilika on Saturday evening. “We had found two bodies from the Chilika water on Saturday night. He had ordered special relief commissioner and district administrations of Khurda and Ganjam on Saturday night to work in coordination to expedite rescue operations..