16 scholars injured in lightning strike in Odisha

PTI

KENDRAPARA: 16 scholars of a state-run college in Odisha’s Kendrapara district had been injured in a lightning strike on Saturday, police stated.

Lightning struck the 11 kv energy line close to Kudanagari Adarsha Vidyalaya in Garadpur block, and the affect was once such that the scholars who had been in a room of the varsity’s hostel additionally skilled shocks, they stated.

A number of the scholars, two had been boys and 14 had been women. They had been all scholars of categories 6 and seven.

The injured scholars had been taken to the neighborhood well being centre, and at the present, they all are out of risk, stated physician Prasant Kumar Jena who handled them. 

KENDRAPARA: 16 scholars of a state-run college in Odisha’s Kendrapara district had been injured in a lightning strike on Saturday, police stated.

Lightning struck the 11 kv energy line close to Kudanagari Adarsha Vidyalaya in Garadpur block, and the affect was once such that the scholars who had been in a room of the varsity’s hostel additionally skilled shocks, they stated.

A number of the scholars, two had been boys and 14 had been women. They had been all scholars of categories 6 and seven.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The injured scholars had been taken to the neighborhood well being centre, and at the present, they all are out of risk, stated physician Prasant Kumar Jena who handled them.