26 killed in lightning strikes in West Bengal
At least 26 individuals had been killed in lightning strikes in varied elements of West Bengal on Monday, a state catastrophe administration official mentioned. As many as Eleven folks died in Hooghly district, 9 in Murshidabad and two folks died every in Bankura, East Midnapore, and West Midnapore districts respectively.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the deaths and accepted an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh every for the subsequent of kin of these killed and Rs 50,000 for the injured.
In a tweet, Modi mentioned, “My thoughts are with all those who lost their near and dear ones due to lightning in parts of West Bengal. May the injured recover at the earliest.”
The Prime Minister’s Office mentioned in a tweet, “PM @narendramodi has approved an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh each from the PMNRF for the next of kin of those who have lost their lives due to lightning in various parts of West Bengal. Rs. 50,000 would be given to the injured.”
Union Home Minister Amit Shah additionally condoled the deaths on account of lightning strikes and prayed for the speedy restoration of those that had been injured.
Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty wind occurred in a number of districts of south Bengal in the night after a sweltering day, the Met division mentioned.
Purba Medinipur, South 24 Parganas, Kolkata, Hooghly, Howrah, Murshidabad, Purulia, Bankura and Nadia skilled thunderstorms as pre-monsoon showers occurred in a number of locations of those districts.
Kolkata, which recorded a excessive of 37.7 levels Celsius through the day, obtained 12 mm of rainfall in the night, the climate workplace mentioned.
A squall handed over the Alipore observatory in town at 4.25 pm from the northwesterly path with the very best gust of 59 kmph and it lasted for 2 minutes, it mentioned.
The climate workplace forecast a typically cloudy sky in Kolkata and neighbourhood on Tuesday with the opportunity of rain or thundershowers.
With the monsoon having set in north Bengal, heavy to very heavy rain is more likely to happen in the sub-Himalayan districts of Darjeeling and Alipurduar, and heavy rain is predicted in Coochbehar, Kalimpong and Jalpaiguri until Wednesday morning, it mentioned.
(With PTI Inputs)
