Bhubaneswar: Two women died and three others were critically injured in lightning strikes as rain and thunderstorms lashed Balishankara under Talsara police limits in Odisha’s Sundaragada district at around 1:30 pm on Tuesday.
The deceased have been identified as Champa Tirkey and Susheela Tirkey.
According to sources, the incident took place when a group of workers, who had come from Chhattisgarh, were engaged in transplanting paddy saplings at Chandnimall village in Balisankara block. The injured workers were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.
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