As monsoons finally brought respite to many in northern India on Sunday, it brought immense grief for a few in Uttar Pradesh too. As many as 32 people were killed due to lightning incidents in Uttar Pradesh on July 21 (Sunday). Thirteen others were injured on the same day.
Just a day earlier at least one person died in the state due to lightning while two others died due to snake bites on July 18 and 20 respectively, the news agency PTI quoting an official statement said.
The lightning incidents that occurred on Sunday claimed seven lives each in Kanpur and Fatehpur, fice in Jhansi, four in Jalaun, three in Hamirpur and two in Ghazipur and one each in Jaunpur, Pratapgarh, Kanpur Dehat and Chitrakoot.
Among the three persons who died earlier, one was killed due to lightning in Deoria, while one lost his life to snake bite on in Kushinagar on Saturday. Yet another person died of a snake bite in Ambedkarnagar on July 18.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the incidents and directed the district magistrates of the respective places to provide Rs 4 lakh in compensation to the next of kin of the victims. The UP CM also directed the authorities to ensure that adequate treatment in provided to those who were injured in the lightning incidents.
For Sunday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted cloudy sky with a possibility of light rain accompanied by thundershowers in the national capital and heavy rainfall in isolated places in north interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, Telangana and Madhya Maharashtra today.The weather department has also warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and at isolated places along the Konkan coast – including Goa.
Down south in Kerala, the State Disaster Management Authority has issued a “Red Alert” for Kasargod district for July 20-21, Idukki district for July 21 and Kannur, Wayanad, Kozhikode, Malappuram districts for July 22. It is issued when heavy to very heavy rainfall with a potential of causing floods are likely to lash an area.
SOURCE: TIMESNOW NEWS
