Dust storms in Uttar Pradesh claim 15 lives, leave 28 injured

LUCKNOW: Dust storms hit more than a few parts of Uttar Pradesh, leaving 15 people lifeless and 28 injured, an reliable spokesman mentioned on Thursday.

"Fifteen people were killed in dust storm (since yesterday). Six died in Sitapur, three each in Gonda and Kaushambi and one each in Faizabad, Hardoi and Chitrakoot," the spokesman mentioned here.

Besides, 17 people were injured in Sitapur and 11 in Faizabad, he mentioned.

The weather department has warned that thunder squall is "very likely" at isolated places over the state on Friday, whilst rain and thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds are "very likely" at isolated places all over the next two days.

Taking be aware of the casualties in the most recent bout of storm, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered the district magistrates concerned to verify right kind remedy to the injured.

He additionally directed that compensation be paid to the kinfolk of the ones killed and mentioned no laxity at the a part of the administration can be tolerated.

Expressing grief over the deaths, he mentioned the state executive would prolong all imaginable lend a hand to those hit by mud storms and similar incidents, according to the spokesman.

The weather department additionally mentioned that rain and thundershowers befell at isolated places over east Uttar Pradesh, whilst the weather was once dry over western a part of the state.

Agra recorded the absolute best temperature of 44.nine degrees Celsius in the state.

The state was once swept by 3 primary mud storms final month that left over 130 people lifeless.

On May 13, 39 people died in more than a few districts including Bareilly, Barabanki, Bulandshahr and Lakhimpur Kheri districts.


On May nine, a critical storm left 18 lifeless and 27 others injured. Five people died in Etawah district, 3 each in Mathura, Aligarh and Agra, two in Firozabad and one each in Hathras and Kanpur Dehat.


Thunderstorms and lightning on May 2-3 left 80 lifeless in the state, most of them in Agra district.


Another deadly mud storm hit the state in the first week of June leaving 17 lifeless and 11 others injured. Most of the deaths were brought about due to falling of bushes and area collapse.


Moradabad bore the brunt of the storm, with as many as seven deaths reported from the district, followed by 3 deaths from Sambhal.
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