Overnight thunderstorms kill 15 in Agra

ADM (finance), Rakesh Malpani said 15 deaths were reported from the district — seven from Sadar Tehsil, five from Kirawali, two from Bah and one in Kheragarh.

Updated on: Apr 12, 2018, 16:27:02 IST

By Hemendra Chaturvedi, Agra

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At least 15 people were killed and 37 others injured in Agra district in Uttar Pradesh due to overnight thunderstorm on Wednesday.

A waterlogged street in Agra on Wednesday night. (Raju Tomar/HT PHOTO)

ADM (finance), Rakesh Malpani, supervising the assessment of losses caused, said 15 deaths were reported from the district — seven from Sadar Tehsil, five from Kirawali, two from Bah and one in Kheragarh.

“This number might go up as the survey is on,” he said, adding that steps are being taken to provide ₹four lakh compensation to the kin of those killed in Wednesday’s tragedy.

“We are assessing the loss to crop which is mainly to wheat lying in the field. Besides this, 47 milch cattle, 68 non-milch cattle too have died during the storm and rains on Wednesday night,” Malpani said.

The district administration is in action mode after chief minister Yogi Adityanath directed to speed up relief work for affected areas.

Four deaths in Mathura and two in Firozabad were also reported earlier.

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Hemendra Chaturvedi
Hemendra Chaturvedi is a senior journalist based at Agra. He covers eight districts of Agra and Aligarh division namely Agra, Mathura, Mainpuri, Firozabad, Aligarh, Etah, Kasganj and Hathras. He had been with HT since 1992 and has completed three decades of association with HT and has worked for Hindustan Times only all through his career of about 35 years. Having Masters in Chemistry, Hemendra is also a law graduate with diploma in Personnel Management and has utilised broad based academic qualifications in his indepth, accurate and high impact stories from this part of western Uttar Pradesh while being based in the city of Taj Mahal. In such long span of career with Hindustan Times, Hemendra Chaturvedi has led his team of reporters which was instrumental in bringing out supplements including Region Scan, Agra Live, HT City time to time and proven his leadership qualities and has made presence of HT felt in the region covered by him. In the process of time, Hemendra has attained expertise in a variety of beats, being sole reporter for HT and has covered Aligarh Muslim University, Taj Mahal centric tourism, religiously sensitive city of Mathura and had been witness to Agra Summit having attendance of top leaders of India and Pakistan.Read More