Archive · 21 Aug 2026
ASHA Worker Carries Elderly Woman to Safety Amid Odisha Floods
Heavy floods affected villages in Odisha’s Bhadrak district.
Minati Sahoo was working as an ASHA health worker in the area.
She was giving people medicines and teaching them how to avoid flood-related illnesses.
She learned that floodwater had entered Nadigaon village after a river embankment broke.
There, she found a 60-year-old woman named Basanta Das alone at her home.
Das could not walk well because her legs were infected.
Sahoo carried Das on her back through deep water for about 500 metres.
She took Das to a safe shelter, and the district administration praised her bravery.
Minati Sahoo rescued 60-year-old Basanta Das from floodwaters in Nadigaon village.
Sahoo carried Das approximately 500 metres through knee-deep water to a safe shelter.
Das could not walk independently because of an infection in her legs.
Das’s son was away accompanying his pregnant wife to a medical facility.
The Bhadrak district administration applauded Sahoo for the rescue.
- Who
- ASHA worker Minati Sahoo rescued 60-year-old Basanta Das.
- What
- Sahoo carried Das through floodwater to a safe shelter.
- When
- During the recent Odisha floods; the official described the rescue on Thursday.
- Where
- Nadigaon village in Dhamnagar block, Bhadrak district, Odisha.
- Why
- Das was unable to walk independently, while floodwaters had reached her home’s verandah.
- Rescuer
- Minati Sahoo, an ASHA worker serving Nadigaon and Bharatpur
- Person rescued
- Basanta Das, aged 60
- Distance carried
- Approximately 500 metres
- Water depth
- Knee-deep floodwater
- Flood cause
- A breach in the Karanpal river embankment
- Rescue destination
- A safe shelter in Dhamnagar block
- Recognition
- Applauded by the Bhadrak district administration