Paradip: In a tragic incident, two toddlers met a watery grave when they ventured into Taladanda canal at Atharabanki locality of Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district Wednesday morning.
The bodies were later fished out.
According to an eyewitness, the two children who belonged to a nearby slum were playing near Taladanda canal unaware of the probable danger. The duo slipped into the canal while playing and drowned.
The two deceased, aged around four years, were identified as a boy and a girl who were residents of Lakapada slum in Paradip.
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The toddler duo went missing for quite a long time. Later, their family members carried out a frantic search in the nearby locality. However, the bodies were spotted by some locals while floating in water.
Local residents immediately rushed the toddlers in critical condition to a nearby health facility, but doctors at the hospital declared them ‘brought dead’, a senior official in local police station expressed.
PNN