The Pioneer, Aug 13, 2007
Pioneer News Service | Bhawanipatna
A truck skidded into the Hati river at Junagad on Saturday following heavy rainfall. While two persons were rescued, another is still missing.
Due to heavy rains since Friday, two gates of the Indravati project was opened and the water was diverted into the Hati river of Junagarh. Despite the locals request not to cross the river's bridge at Junagarh the truck driver tried his luck with the vehicle and skidded into the river following a heavy current.
However, the locals succeeded in rescuing the driver Santosh Kumar Lenka, helper Gautam Barik. But Sonu Swain (30), son of Prafulla Swain, the owner from Banki, is still missing. The truck bearing no OR14M 3700 was on its way from Visakhapatnam to Rajgangpur. Collector Pramod Pattnaik and SP Sarat Chandra Chaupattnaik rushed to the spot, soon after the incident occurred.
Communication links to Junagarh, M Rampur, Kalampur, Narla, Jaipatna, Bhawanipatna block are being severely affected following rainfall every year since independence.
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