In the aftermath of the Severe Cyclonic Storm Titli, three persons of a family were critically injured as a portion of their house caved in following a landslide at Bishnupur village under the Tigiria police limits in Cuttack district late on Thursday night.
However, locals rescued them from the debris and immediately admitted them to a hospital for treatment.
Sources said one Kuna Swain, his wife Anjana and son Krushna were sleeping when the part of their house suddenly collapsed after the landslide due to incessant rains. As a result, the trio got trapped under the debris.
Locals rescued the three and admitted them to the Tigiria hospital before they were later shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack as their conditions deteriorated, sources added.