Around 30 people died as lightning struck them at different places across the State on Saturday.
According to reports, Ajay Jena and Padmalochan Jena of Angula village and Gajendra Patra of Jagannathpur village in Baleswar district’s Soro block were killed after being struck by lightning when they were working in crop fields.
A woman of Paikasida, two brothers of Namakana and one person of Churmara in Jaleswar area of the district too lost their lives in the lightning.
Four persons of Bisalapatta village in Banta block of Bhadrak district died in lightning strike. The incident took place while they were working in their field.
Similarly, two persons of Balichaturi village in Tihidi block, one person of Panibhandar village, a woman of Kusannagar, one person of Manipur village in Chandbali of Bhadrak district were too killed in lightning.
In another such incident, two persons, one from Ramachandrapur in Anandpur of Keonjhar district and another of Mendhasala in Khordha distirct, were killed. Three persons of Sundarpur in Khordha lost their lives in the lightning.
