Lucknow, July 21
As many as 32 persons were killed in Uttar Pradesh due to lightening on Sunday. A day earlier, the lightening had claimed one life in the state, while two others had died of snake bites on July 18 and 20, the statement said. Thirteen others were injured due to lightening, it added.
The Sunday’s lightening victims included seven each in Kanpur and Fatehpur, five in Jhansi, four in Jalaun, three in Hamirpur, two in Ghazipur and one each in Jaunpur, Pratapgarh, Kanpur Dehat and Chitrakoot. Among the three who died earlier, one was killed due to lightening in Deoria, while one lost his life to snake bite on in Kushinagar on Saturday.
Yet another person died of snake bite on July 18 in Ambedkarnagar, the government statement said. CM Yogi Adityanath has issued orders to the respective District Magistrates to give a compensation of Rs 4 lakh to each of the families of victims. — PTI
from The Tribune https://ift.tt/2GnmeIl
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