India, May 29 -- In a tragic mishap, a five year-old boy drowned in an open water tank in a Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) unit in Rourkela in Odisha's Sundargarh district here today.

The minor boy was identified as Serun Badaik, son of Rohit Badaik, a resident of Chhend Bidyut Colony in the Steel City.

As per reports, after a long wait, Rohit, had been identified as a beneficiary of PMAY and allotted a housing under the scheme. He was among the residents of five slums in the colony who were rehabilitated to the colony in the first phase of PMAY affordable housing unit distribution. Rohit had shifted to the new accommodation with his family only last week.

On Wednesday afternoon, his son Serun was playing in the residential area...