Bhubaneswar/Berhampur, Aug 10 (PTI) A kanwariya was swept away while collecting water from a stream and eight others were injured after a mini-truck carrying them overturned in separate incidents in Odisha, police said on Monday.
A group of kanwariyas had gone to a stream near Dipirisingha in Angul district on Sunday night to collect water to offer to Lord Shiva during the holy month of Shravan.
Two of them were swept away by the strong current, fire service officials said.
One of the two kanwariyas, identified as Smruti Ranjan, was rescued by fire service personnel, while an operation was underway to trace the other person, they said.
Ranjan claimed the incident took place due to the sudden release of water from Derjang Dam.
In a separate incident, eight kanwariyas sustained injuries, three of them seriously, after the mini-truck in which they were travelling overturned near Kaliabali under Chamakhandi police station limits in Ganjam district on Sunday.
Around 20 kanwariyas from Jagdalpur were travelling in the mini-truck to collect water from the Rushikulya river and offer it at the Aleswara Shiva temple near Humma on the occasion of the second Monday of the Hindu lunar month of Shravan, police said.
The injured, including the driver of the vehicle, were admitted to the sub-divisional hospital at Chhatrapur for treatment. Later, three of those who sustained grievous injuries were shifted to MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur.
The condition of the injured persons was stated to be out of danger, Sradhanjali Subudhi, inspector-in-charge, Chamakhandi police station, said. PTI COR BBM BBM MNB
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