Two girl students met a watery grave and another was critical after they entered into a pond for taking bath in Nilgiri of Baleswar district on Sunday morning.
The deceased were identified as Banashree Behera of Baligahiri and Jyotirekha Moharana of Kahalia under the Nilgiri NAC. Both were aged about 12 years.
The girl student, who was critical, was identified as Ishwari Barik of the same locality.
The three girls had gone to a nearby place for tuition together. After returning from the tuition, they took bath in the pond.
However, they fell into water one after another after their legs slipped into deep water.
Locals at the site entered into the water and rescued the girls, who were rushed to the Berhampur Community Health Centre (CHC), where the doctors declared Banashree and Jyotirekha dead.
Till the last report came in, Ishwari was battling for life in the hospital.
