After four days of being stranded following floods in the Mahanadi system, a man and his son were rescued from a hillock at Amangeikuda near Kandarpur under Athagarh block in Cuttack district on Wednesday.
Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain took to twitter and informed about the two being rescued by ODRAF personnel.
Dhajyadhar Dalei and his son Bhajaman had gone to a hillock at Amangeikuda to graze a herd of over 50 goats four days ago. Carrying food and clothes, the two had gone there by a country-boat. But due to a sudden rise in floodwater level of the river, they could not return. On receiving information from locals, the district administration launched a rescue operation on Wednesday morning.
Minister Swain and Athagarh Sub-Collector Hemant Kuma Swain also visited the spot to take stock of the rescue drive.