Affected by the Bihar area. The victims are farmers and laborers
At least 33 people died this week in the Bihar, a state of north-eastern India, after being affected by the lightning fallen during the monsical storms. Local officials announced it, specifying that dozens of people were injured. According to the State Department for the management of disasters, the victims are mainly farmers and laborers who worked outdoors and occurred between Wednesday and Thursday, the Minister for the management of the state disasters of the Bihar, Vijay Kumar Mandal, said that the officials of the affected districts received instructions to “raise awareness of public opinion so that they adopt precautionary measures following an alert lightning “. The state government has announced compensation of 4 million rupees (4,600 dollars) to the families of people killed by lightning. At least 243 people died due to lightning in 2024 and 275 the previous year, according to the statistics of the state government. The eastern region of India, including Bihar, is subject to annual floods that kill dozens of people and force hundreds of thousands of people during the high season of the Monsons to the displacement.
