UP CM Yogi Adityanath assures safety, orders instructions to authorities amid thunderstorm warning

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 1 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday instructed authorities to promptly distribute relief funds in cases of human or livestock casualties and ensure that those injured receive proper medical treatment.
"Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has instructed the officers of the concerned districts to conduct relief work with full promptness in view of the storm, rain and hailstorm," the CM Office, GoUP posted on X.
CM Yogi said that the officers should visit the area and survey it and keep an eye on the relief work.
"Also, in case of loss of life and animal loss due to lightning, storm, rain etc., relief amount should be distributed to the affected people immediately. The injured should be given proper treatment," it added.
CM also directed officials to prioritise drainage arrangements to mitigate the impact of waterlogging caused by the storms.
"The Chief Minister has instructed that the officers should conduct a survey and assess the crop loss and send a report to the government so that further action can be taken in this regard. In case of waterlogging, arrangements for drainage should be made on priority," it stated.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that thunderstorms accompanied by gusty winds are likely at isolated places over Uttar Pradesh.
"Thunderstorms accompanied with gusty winds (speed reaching 40-50kmph gusting to 60 kmph) very likely at isolated places over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, East Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gangetic West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam & Meghalaya, Kerala & Mahe, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, North Interior Karnataka," IMD posted on X.
The IMD has also issued warnings for Himachal Pradesh, Vidarbha, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Telangana, and Rayalaseema.
"Dust Storm/Thunderstorms accompanied with gusty winds (speed reaching 40-50kmph gusting to 60 kmph) very likely at isolated places over Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, Rajasthan. Thunderstorm accompanied with Hailstorm very likely at isolated places over Uttarakhand, East Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Bihar," it added. (ANI)