Injured taken to civil hospital!
With heavy rainfall lashing the cities of Uttar pradesh and other states have been refreshing the environment but on the other hand too much rainfall is also being problematic for the residents.
Nine people were killed and two injured when a wall came crashing down in Lucknow after heavy rain in the last 24 hours.
As per the information, The injured have been admitted to the Civil Hospital where doctors said that they are out of danger.
As per the information, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced compensation of Rs 4 lakh for those who died and Rs 2 lakh for the treatment of the injured.
According to the statement, "Some labourers were living in huts outside an Army enclave in the Dilkusha area. Owing to heavy overnight rains, the boundary wall of the Army enclave collapsed," Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Piyush Mordia told news agency PTI.
Adding more, "We reached the spot around 3 am. Nine bodies were pulled out from the debris and one person was rescued alive," he said.
Lucknow received almost as much rain in one day that it sees in a whole month. The city has recorded 155.2 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours. The average that Lucknow usually receives for the whole month of September is 197 mm. The unusually high rainfall has also caused waterlogging in some areas.
Meanwhile schools have been shut in Lucknow amid heavy rain.
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