Bhubaneswar, August 1 (UNI) As many as 8506 people have drowned in odisha during the last five years from 2016 to 2021, Minister of state for Home Tusharkanti Behera told the state Assembly on Monday.
Replying to a question of Sukant Kumar Nayak (BJP), the Minister said 935 people were drowned in 2016, 1079 in 2017, 1406 in 2018, 1441 in 2019, 1840 in 2020 and 1805 in 2021.