2 VIMSAR MBBS students drown in Sambalpur Waterfall flood
Sambalpur: In a tragic incident, 2 MBBS students of Odisha's VIMSAR lost their lives after being swept away by a sudden flash flood at the Deojharan waterfall recently.
Speaking to PTI, the police informed that the two final-year MBBS students of a college drowned at the Deojharan waterfall in Odisha's Sambalpur district after a flash flood in the stream swept them away on Saturday.
The two students of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla, were identified as a native of Rajasthan, and another from New Delhi, an officer said.
According to Jujomura Police Station inspector-in-charge Sanjay Rout, a group of six students had gone to the popular waterfall site for an outing, and the two were swept away in a flash flood in the stream due to a sudden downpour on the hilltop.
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Other students of the group and several tourists immediately alerted the fire service and police personnel there.
Rescue teams arrived at the spot and recovered the bodies, the police said.
The police registered a case of unnatural death, and an investigation is underway, the officer said, adding that a team from the institute visited the waterfall site.
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In a similar tragedy, three nursing students of Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS) were drowned in the backwaters of the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) dam at Meenakshipura in Karnataka's Mandya district while on a picnic a week ago.
After the incident took place, the police were immediately informed, and an investigation was launched.
According to the police, the incident occured around 1.30 pm. The three nursing students went to the location for a picnic. They decided to enter the water without knowing its depth. Following rain in Kodagu and the Cauvery basin, the water level suddenly started rising. Due to the strong current, the students drowned, and they did not know how to swim.
