Lightning kills 138 sheep; 3 persons die in rain accidents

Kanpur: Around 138 sheep were killed by lightning, and 15 were injured in Unnao district late on Sunday night. Three persons were killed in wall collapse incidents reported from different parts of the district due to continuous rain.Lightning struck a flock of sheep in Muraira village in Nawabganj area on Sunday night.“Around 138 sheep were struck by lightning and died. Fortunately, there was no loss of human life as the owner and his family members were sleeping in their house at some distance away from the spot where lightning struck.”Rajkumar Pal, son of Mangali, a resident of village Muraira, had 153 sheep of which 138 died due to lightning while 15 got injured. Rajkumar said that his main source of livelihood was destroyed causing a huge loss to him. Lekhpal Ashish reached the spot and assessed the loss. He has sent the report to the tehsil. Sub-divisional magistrate Narendra Singh said that according to the loss, a report has been sent to the government and estimated assistance will be provided to the victim. Meanwhile, in Behta village five monkeys died after lightning struck a Peepal tree.In another rain related incident in Devkali village of Bilhaur, a man died after he got buried under the debris of a mud wall which collapsed due to rain on Sunday night. Police reached the spot and sent the body for postmortem. Police station in-charge Premchand Kanojia said that the mud wall collapsed due to continuous rain. In another incident, a 50-year-old man Ram Swaroop died after a mud wall collapsed in Suikheda village of Purva area. The third incident took place in Gajjanfar Nagar of Hasanganj tehsil, where 60-year-old Sundara was sleeping in the room of her kutchcha house late at night when her room collapsed and she got buried under the debris. By the time people reached there to rescue on hearing the sound of collapse, she was already dead. The continuous rain caused loss due to power disruptions and snags. The electricity system in Shuklaganj collapsed due to the heavy rainfall causing inconvenience to residents of many localities of the city. Electrical equipment installed in the houses of localities including Adarsh Nagar, Pony Road got damaged due to power snag.