Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday visited the site of the boat capsize incident in the Hirakud reservoir and conducted an aerial survey of the area. He spent some time at Jamadarpali Ghat on the bank of the Mahanadi near the reservoir and met the families which have lost their relatives in the tragedy.
Gandhi, who was on a two-day visit to the State, was accompanied by PCC president Jayadev Jena and AICC general secretary BK Hariprasad, Union Minister Srikant Jena and Kalahandi MP Bhakta Das. Gandhi also held talks with Sambalpur district Collector Balwant Singh and other senior officials and inquired about the rescue and search operation carried out to locate the missing people. Two senior Ministers of the State Prasanna Acharya and Surjya Narayan Patro also reached the tragedy site and supervised the search and rescue operation.