Lucknow. Due to the rain in Uttar Pradesh for the past few days, the temperature has dropped. There is also relief from the heat, but people are also being harmed due to natural calamity. In Purvanchal, 11 people died due to lightning (thunderstorm) on Monday. During this, more than a dozen people got burnt.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed deep grief over the loss of life due to lightning. He has directed to immediately distribute relief amount of Rs 4 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased. The Chief Minister has expressed condolences to the bereaved families of the deceased. He has also directed to provide proper treatment to the people injured in this disaster.
The most painful incident came to light in Ghazipur where four cousins Abhishek Saroj, Mukesh, Sagar and Abhishek Mangai of Mastipur Bhadewar village were grazing cows on the banks of the river. When it rained, all four came under a tree, when lightning struck the tree and all four were hit by it. Abhishek Saroj, Mukesh and Surendra Saroj died during treatment. Abhishek was referred to Mau. Amindra, a farmer of Mohammadpur Mata village in the same district, also got electrocuted during farming.
Kusum Devi of Jangalpur village of Bhadohi and ten-year-old Adarsh of Ghatampur village were also hit by the lightning, where Kusum Devi died during treatment and Adarsh died on the spot. On the other hand, Meena of Dumri village got hit by lightning while planting paddy in Dubauli village of Ballia. He was taken to the district hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.
Similarly, Shashikant of Dohri village of Mirzapur also died due to lightning. During the planting of paddy in Prayagraj on Monday, Sanno Devi, 24-year-old wife of Mukesh Kumar Bind, a resident of Babura in Manda, suffered a thunderclap. He died on the spot. 27-year-old Sonu, a resident of Mado Galdahwa of Koraon, also got hit by thunderstorm during transplanting, died shortly after. 21-year-old Khushboo wife Sushil Bind also died in Bara’s Gram Panchayat Pipraon.
Why thunderstorms happen: When the positively and negatively charged clouds moving and moving in the sky come near each other, then the lightning of high power is generated due to collision (friction). This causes the electric current to move in the air between the two types of clouds. A bright flash of light is produced by the passing of an electric current. The risk of thunderstorms is very high near the trough line.