Body Of Wayanad Landslides Victim Bishnu Chinara Arrives In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The mortal remains of Dr Bishnu Prasad Chinara, who lost his life in the devastating landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad district, arrived in Odisha on Saturday evening.

After the body of Bishu reached Bhubaneswar by road in a special ambulance, his friends, relatives and near and dear ones paid their last respect to the departed doctor when the vehicle stopped for some time near the Utkal University campus at Vani Vihar.

After his near and dear ones had a last glimpse of the mortal remains and paid floral tributes in Bhubaneswar, Bishnu’s body was taken to Cuttack Choudwar. He was a resident of Housing Board Colony in Choudwar. From there finally it is slated to be taken to Puri for cremation.

Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari had earlier said that body of Bishnu was being brought by road as there is no direct flight from Kochi.

While Bishnu’s body was found on Wednesday, his family members identified it on Thursday. He was doing his PG at a private medical college in Bhubaneswar.

The other doctor, Swadhin Panda, who also went missing with him after the landslides in Kerala’s Chooralmala where they were vacationing, is yet to traced.

A senior resident doctor at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, he is a resident of Raghunathpur in Bhubaneswar.

The Minister said that Swadhin’s wife Sweekruti Mohapatra, who is from Jharsuguda, is still under treatment. “We are in touch with the Kerala government and an Odia SRC official there,” he added.

The two couples left for Bengaluru on July 26. They celebrated Bishnu’s birthday in Bengaluru on July 27 and then left for Wayanad, where they stayed at Linora Villa at Chooralmala. They were asleep in the villa when a devastating landslide swept them away at around 2 am on July 29.