Nitish Announces Relief Of Rs 4 Lakh Each Dead
Nitish announces relief of Rs 4 Lakh each to 107 individuals who died in lightning strikes in Bihar; Reports from regions said in excess of 20 individuals were injured and admitted to the hospital. The lightning has likewise made far-reaching harm houses and assets of the occupants.
Rainstorms and lightning have fashioned devastation in Bihar in the course of recent days, asserting 107 lives, leaving many injured and making across the board harm property, the state catastrophe the board office said here on Thursday.
As indicated by an announcement put out by the division, the passings in lightning strikes occurred in 23 locales of the state, with Gopalganj representing the greatest number of setbacks.
Deaths have likewise been reported from: Nawada and Madhubani; Siwan and Bhagalpur; East Champaran, Darbhanga, and Banka; Khagaria and Aurangabad; West Champaran, Kishanganj, Jehanabad, Jamui, Purnea, Supaul, Buxar and Kaimur; and Samastipur, Sheohar, Saran, Sitmarhi, Madhepura, it said.
Reports from areas said in excess of 20 individuals were harmed and admitted to the emergency hospitals. The lightning has additionally made far-reaching harm houses and effects of the inhabitants.
Communicating pain over the occurrence, chief minister Nitish Kumar coordinated installment of Rs 4 lakh as ex gratia to next of the kinfolk of each expired. Then, the climate office has anticipated that the severe climate could continue for some more days.
An IMD release said tempests are probably going to lash all the 38 locales of the state throughout the following scarcely any days alongside “substantial to extremely overwhelming precipitation” in the northern, flood-inclined areas, flanking Nepal.
Kumar spoke to the individuals of the state to stay alarmed and cautious to remain inside beyond what many would consider possible during awful climate conditions. He also asked people to follow advisories issued by the Disaster Management Department in this regard.
