Bhubaneswar: Minister of State for Home Tusharkanti Behera on Monday informed Assembly that as many as 8506 people have drowned in Odisha during the last five years from 2016 to 2021.
In a reply to a question of Sukant Kumar Nayak (BJP), the Minister told that 935 people were drowned in 2016, 1079 in 2017, 1406 in 2018, 1441 in 2019, and 1840 in 2020 and 1805 in 2021.
“The highest number of 121 drowning cases were reported from Cuttack UPD in 2016 followed by 54 in Balasore in the same year,” Minister told.
“Mayurbhanj district reported the highest number of drowning incidents in 2017, 2018, 2019,2020 and 2021. While 90 people drowned in 2017, 123 drowned in 2018, 104 in 2019, 152 in 2020 and 167 in 2021,” he said.
“After Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar district reported the maximum number of drowning cases. As many as 69 people drowned in 2017, 91 in 2018, 93 in 2019, 133 in 2020 and 145 in 2021,” the Minister added.
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