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Three devotees killed in accidents

BERHAMPUR: Three ‘Bol Bom' devotees who were part of ‘kawaria' troupes died and five others were seriously injured in two separate accidents in Ganjam district since Sunday night.

These ill-fated devotees were on their way to offer the water collected from rivers at Shiva temples on Monday. It may be noted that ‘kawarias' walk with water collected from rivers and offer it at Shiva temples on Mondays during the Hindu month of Sravana. The first accident occurred on NH5 near Ganjam town at around 9 p.m. on Sunday. A group of ‘kawarias' who had collected water from the Rushikulya river were on their way to their destined Shiva temple. They had planned to walk during the night, which proved fatal for one of them. A mini truck lost control and ran over them near Subulia square. Sudhakar Behera of Laxmipur village near Rambha died at the spot. Four other ‘kawarias' were seriously injured. They were initially taken to the Rambha hospital. From there they were shifted to the MKCG medical college hospital in the city.

In the other accident that occurred near Sindurpur village under Patapur police station two persons were charred to death when the autorickshaw in which they were travelling burnt up when it contacted with high voltage electricity supply wire. The two victims were Panchanan Gouda (45) of Dolagam village, who happened to be the driver of the vehicle and Krushna Chandra Padhi (25) of Podamari. One person seriously injured in the accident has been admitted in the MKCG medical college hospital. This ill-fated autorickshaw fitted with a music system and lights was escorting a group ‘Bol Bom' devotees to a Shiva temple near Sindurpur. This group had collected their water from Ghodahada river. High intensity lights were fixed to metal bar fixed to the autorickshaw. The accident occurred at around 5.30 a.m. on Sunday when this metal rod touched overhead high voltage power supply cable. The electrocuted vehicle caught fire and two victims were charred to death.

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