Boat carrying Union minister gets stuck in Odisha’s Chilika Lake for 2 hours

A boat carrying Union minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala got stuck in Chilika lake in Odisha for around two hours on Sunday evening.

While earlier it was suspected that the boat might have got stuck in a net laid by fishermen, the minister later clarified that they lost their way in the blue lagoon.

The administration sent another vessel from Satapada, which rescued the minister, who is visiting Odisha to interact with fishermen as part of the 11th phase of the 'Sagar Parikrama' programme.