39 dead in rain-related incidents in UP in single day, CM Adityanath announces Rs 4 lakh aid

Of 39, five lives were lost due to lightning - one each in Aligarh, Shahjahanpur and Banda, and two in Lakhimpur Kheri district.

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Lucknow: Thirty nine people lost their lives and three were injured in various rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh in a day, the state government said on Tuesday. Most of these casualties on Monday were due to dust storms, lightning, thunderstorms and drowning, it said.

"Owing to incidents of dust storms, lightning and thunderstorms and drowning in the state on May 23, 39 people lost their lives and three were injured. Three animals also died," a statement from the Uttar Pradesh government mentioned.

CM श्री @myogiadityanath जी महाराज ने आंधी-तूफान, बारिश व आकाशीय बिजली की घटनाओं से प्रभावित जनपदों के जिलाधिकारियों को पीड़ित व्यक्तियों/परिवारों को निर्धारित मानक के अनुसार तत्काल राहत पहुंचाने के निर्देश दिए हैं।

उन्होंने कहा है कि लापरवाही या शिथिलता बर्दाश्त नहीं की जाएगी। — Yogi Adityanath Office (@myogioffice) May 24, 2022

Giving out details, the revenue department said four people each lost their lives due to drowning in Agra and Varanasi. A person each in Ghazipur and Kaushambi, and two people in Pratapgarh also drowned, it said.

दैवीय आपदा के दृष्टिगत जनपदों में राहत कार्य प्रभावी रूप से कराया जाए। घायल व्यक्तियों की समुचित चिकित्सीय व्यवस्था सुनिश्चित की जाए।

अहेतुक सहायता प्रदान करने हेतु अतिरिक्त धनराशि की आवश्यकता के संबंध में शासन को तत्काल सूचित किया जाए: CM श्री @myogiadityanath जी महाराज

— Yogi Adityanath Office (@myogioffice) May 24, 2022

मुख्यमंत्री श्री @myogiadityanath जी महाराज ने अधिकारियों को आपदा में हुई जनहानि, पशुहानि तथा फसल क्षति के संबंध में आकलन कराकर विस्तृत आख्या उपलब्ध कराने के निर्देश दिए हैं। — Yogi Adityanath Office (@myogioffice) May 24, 2022

Five lives were lost due to lightning - one each in Aligarh, Shahjahanpur and Banda, and two in Lakhimpur Kheri district.

In incidents of dust storms, a person was killed each in Amethi, Chitrakoot, Ayodhya, Firozabad, Muzaffarnagar and Jaunpur, two people each in Varanasi, Barabanki, Ambedkarnagar, Ballia and Gonda, and three each in Kaushambi and Sitapur.

मुख्यमंत्री श्री @myogiadityanath जी महाराज ने आपदा के संबंध में अधिकारियों को जनपदों से फीडबैक लेकर आवश्यकतानुसार तत्काल जरूरी कदम उठाने के निर्देश दिए हैं। — Yogi Adityanath Office (@myogioffice) May 24, 2022

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister (Yogi Adityanath) has directed the officials concerned to give a financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh each the kin of the deceased, the statement said.