Snake bites caused over 1,700 deaths in Odisha in 3 years
Of the 4,689 people killed in various disasters in the last three years in Odisha, as many as 1,716 died because of snake bites, Deputy Special Relief Commissioner PR Mohapatra revealed on Saturday. Asserting that this accounted for around 37% disaster deaths, he added that the Odisha government has declared snake bites as a state-specific disaster.