Twelve persons were killed and crops damaged in heavy rain, accompanied by gusty winds, in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.
Lightning caused nine deaths, including those of Ankush and Ajay, both 18, at Puresewika Majra in Rae Bareli district, and an eight-year-old girl and Shanti Devi, 55, at Shahgarh in Amethi. An eight-year-old girl has been admitted to hospital.
A police spokesman said Anupama and Komal, who worked in a brick kiln, were killed and seven injured at Paharhpur village in Pratapgarh district.
A 65-year-old woman was killed in Puremayi Sultan village in Pratapgarh district and Kalpnath Rajbhar, 57, at Pakrhi Kala village in Azamgarh district.
Two persons were killed and another was injured at Para in Lucknow.
The injured has been admitted to the trauma centre of King George’s Medical University.
Reports said a woman and her child were killed in Allahabad when a tree fell on them. A youth was killed in a wall collapse and six persons were injured when a tin shed collapsed on them in Kunda tehsil of Pratapgarh district.
The rain has added to the misery of the people who are yet to recover from the trauma of the aftershocks of the Nepal earthquake. The crop loss has compounded the problems of farmers due to earlier spells of unseasonal rain.
