Two students drowned while bathing in the river yesterday in Sambalpur district. Authorities have yet to determine their addresses. The missing students, Kanishka and Himanshu, both study in the ninth standard.
Yesterday, the two students were swimming at the road ghat of the Mahanadi River when they suddenly lost their footing and began to float away. Locals spotted them in the water and promptly informed the fire brigade. Firefighters arrived and conducted extensive searches, but they continued the search operation late into the night without success.
This morning, firefighters resumed their search efforts, joined by an ODRF team from Jharsuguda to aid in the operation.