This morning, a tank overturned in Gandhinagar, Balangir district, and crashed into the Shani temple beside the road. The accident completely destroyed the temple, and the driver sustained serious injuries.
The ongoing construction of the Balangir bypass has created heavy traffic between Gandhinagar city from 12 PM to 5 AM. As the tank traveled through Bharian Bazar, the driver lost control for an unknown reason, causing the vehicle to climb onto the nearby Shani temple. The impact buried the temple and its idols in the debris.
Firefighters quickly arrived at the scene and extracted the driver, who was trapped in the wreckage. They rushed him to the district hospital in Balangir, where doctors now report his condition as critical.
Devotees express their deep dissatisfaction over the destruction of the Shani temple.