TDS Desk:

The number of deaths from lightning strikes is increasing day by day in the country. In 8 months of this year, 297 people were killed by lightning strikes across the country. 242 of them are men. May reported the highest number of deaths from lightning. A total of, 96 people including five women died in that month. A maximum of 13 people were killed in Brahmanbaria.

This information was known from the Save the Society and Thunderstorm Awareness Forum on Topkhana Road in the capital on Saturday.

According to the organization, from last February to September 30, 297 people were killed by lightning strikes across the country while 73 others were injured. Among the dead are 11 children, and 55 women. Six of the women are teenagers. Of the total deaths, 242 are men. There are 17 juveniles among males.

According to the organization, one died by lightning in February. 9 people died in March. Among them 8 men and one woman. 6 people were injured in March. 6 of them are men. 31 people died in April. Among them are 20 men, 11 women, one child, and two teenage girls. A man was injured in April.

This year the maximum number of 13 people died in Brahmanbaria. Besides, 12 died in Feni, 10 in Cox’s Bazar, 13 in Jaipurhat, 13 in Habiganj and 10 in Gaibandha. Most cases of death due to lightning occurred during harvesting of paddy, cutting of grass, bringing cattle and various agricultural activities.

152 farmers died by lightning while working in the fields. Among them, 18 people died just while bringing cattle. Besides, 52 fishermen died while fishing. 11 people died while picking mangoes, 15 while walking on empty roads, 27 while at home, 3 while lifting stones, 14 children and teenagers while playing in backyards and one while in a car, according to Save the Society and Thunderstorm Awareness Forum.