BHOPAL: As many as 1,111 individuals had been killed after being struck by lightning in numerous elements of Madhya Pradesh since January 1, 2018, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan authorities has said earlier than the Vidhan Sabha.
In a written reply to the query by ruling BJP MLA from Mandsaur seat Yashpal Singh Sisodiya, the state’s income minister Govind Singh Rajput talked about that 1,111 human casualties had been reported on account of lightning within the state since January 1, 2018.
The Vindhya area which neighbours Uttar Pradesh on one aspect and Chhattisgarh on the opposite reported the best human casualties.
The best 77 casualties had been reported in Singrauli district, adopted by 71 in Sidhi and 65 in Satna (all situated within the Vindhya area bordering UP), whereas 48 casualties every had been reported in Anuppur and Shahdol district, which border Chhattisgarh.
The Chhatarpur district in Bundelkhand area additionally reported 50 casualties.
The bottom two and three casualties had been reported in Central MP districts of Hoshangabad and Harda respectively.
The state authorities additionally talked about within the reply about Rs 44.44 crore having been paid as reduction to the kin of every of the deceased on the price of Rs 4 lakh every.
The BJP MLA Yashpal Singh Sisodiya remained unhappy with the reply by the state’s income minister.
“In my question, I had additionally requested as to what had been the potential causes behind so many human casualties on account of lightning. Was it because of the rising variety of cellular telephone towers within the state or needed to do with anything, however the minister hasn’t responded to it,” Sisodiya instructed The New Indian Categorical on the sidelines of the continued winter session of the Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday.
