17 visitors have close shave with death after getting stuck in Chilika lake for more than 6 hours Post News Network
Balugaon: Seventeen visitors and two boatmen suffered a huge scare when they got stranded in the Chilika lake for over six hours Sunday night. They were finally rescued at about 11.30pm Sunday night.
Sources said, 17 visitors including a few children from Chilika Penth area at Sorana near Kuhudi under Chilika tehsil in Khurda district had set out on a trip on the lake by boat Sunday morning. They first went to Kalijai and also visited Nalabana.
On their way back, the boat’s engine conked out leaving everyone stranded. It was 5.30pm in the evening and by then a thick fog was engulfing the entire locality. The fog also made it difficult for the boatmen to identify directions.