In a bid to discourage people from clicking selfies or driving vehicles in dangerous spots risking lives, the government in flood-hit Odiꦛsha on Sunday said they should not underestimate the power of flowing water.
The wa⛄rning came after two persons were killed while driving a vehicle that was swept by the swirling water of a river in the Sambal🧸pur district.
“I am quoting a dialogue of a Hindi film with little modification. In the film, the hero says ‘don’t underestimate the power of the common man. I will like to say, do not underestimate the power of flowing water,” Development Commissioner P K Jena t🐽old reporters.
The dialogue is from the 2013 film 'Chennai Express' starring Shah Rukh Khan and De🥀epika Padukone.
Jena, who is also the Special Relief Commissioner, said that it is really dangerous to run a vehicle on the flowing water because one do🅺es not know when it will be swept away.
“It may not be visible to the naked eye, but the flowi💃ng water has under current which will reduce the friction betwe♎en the road and the tires of vehicles. In the process, the vehicle gets washed away,” he explained.
Earlier in the day, fire service personnel recovered the bodies of two men. The two were traveling in a car that was swept away by flood water near Kuꩲchinda in Sambalpur district on 🌞Saturday evening.
";Request all 2b careful. Bravado in such a situati🌊on is not warranted. Let’s not underestimate the power of flowing ꦗwater,” Jena tweeted.
He is optimistic that people w🌼ill recall the film dialogue when they see water flowing on the road and make an attempt to cross it.
Jena said that a few days ago, four people along 🃏with their car were swept away by flood water in the Cuttack district. Fortunately, these people could be rescued by the Fire Servic𝔉e personnel in a three-hour-long operation.
Similarly, about 50 people have been rescued on Saturday evening when their country boat was washed away in the strong current of the fl🌸ood water in the Mahana📖di river in Kendrapara district.
(Inputs from PTI)
