Cuttack: More than 700 students who were trapped in a school by flood waters have been rescued after over 5 hours operation in Gatiroutpatna here. The rescue operation was conducted by firefighters and the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) along with the help from locals and the students’s guardians.
As per sources, the students of Saraswati Sisu Mandir in Gatiroutpatna got trapped in flood water as it entered the school due to the water level rise in Mahanadi river yesterday night.