Boat capsizes in Balimela water reservoir; fisherman dead
After a boat carrying them capsized in the Balimela reservoir in Odisha's Malkangiri district, a fisherman died and his two companions swam ashore.
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Malkangiri: After a boat carrying them capsized in the Balimela reservoir in Odisha's Malkangiri district, a fisherman died and his two companions swam ashore.
Krupa Benia of Dyke-3 village in the district's Chitrakonda area was identified as the deceased fisherman. According to sources, Krupa and two others - Hari Sagaria and Kailash Nayak - were on a fishing trip in a country boat on Wednesday evening when it capsized. While Krupa went missing, the other two made it safely to the shore.
On Thursday, Fire Services personnel who had launched a search operation recovered Krupa's body.
The locals' and Fire Department personnel's search operation had been halted during the night. Krupa's body was recovered when the operation resumed this morning.
The three were caught in a gale accompanied by rain while returning from fishing near Singaram. As a result, the boat capsized.
