VSSUT student attempts to save friend

SAMBALPUR: A final-year BTech student of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) drowned at the Fishery Point on the banks of Hirakud Reservoir while trying to save a friend on Thursday evening.

The deceased was identified as Saswati Bhoi, a resident of Bargarh and a final-year student in the department of Electrical Engineering. The drowning mishap comes close on heels of a strict advisory issued by the authorities of VSSUT banning students from visiting vulnerable water bodies around its campus.