The State-wise details of lightning strikes and the number of people who have lost their lives are provided in the Annexure-1.
Ministry of Earth Sciences, through India Meteorological Department (IMD), issues forecast and warnings for thunderstorms and associated weather phenomena five days in advance with regular updates. The assistance to the affected families is coming under the purview of the respective State Governments.
As per recent studies, lightning activity have shown increasing trend over India in past two decades. North-East, East and parts of peninsular India have registered a sharp increase of lighting over the past 2 decades. The increase is minimal over Central India and moderate over rest of the country. The information pertain to the illegal cutting of forests is not available with the ministry.
| Annexure-I | ||||
| State UT-wise Number of Accidental Deaths due to Lightning during 2018-2020 | ||||
| SNo | State/UT | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 74 | 109 | 93 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Assam | 36 | 28 | 14 |
| 4 | Bihar | 177 | 400 | 436 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 213 | 212 | 246 |
| 6 | Goa | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Gujarat | 13 | 64 | 78 |
| 8 | Haryana | 6 | 11 | 3 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Jharkhand | 235 | 334 | 336 |
| 11 | Karnataka | 126 | 99 | 75 |
| 12 | Kerala | 25 | 15 | 8 |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | 381 | 400 | 429 |
| 14 | Maharashtra | 149 | 189 | 182 |
| 15 | Manipur | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Meghalaya | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| 17 | Mizoram | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Nagaland | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Odisha | 299 | 271 | 275 |
| 20 | Punjab | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| 21 | Rajasthan | 43 | 88 | 48 |
| 22 | Sikkim | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu | 82 | 57 | 64 |
| 24 | Telangana | 68 | 96 | 64 |
| 25 | Tripura | 10 | 10 | 5 |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | 220 | 321 | 304 |
| 27 | Uttarakhand | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 28 | West Bengal | 179 | 147 | 170 |
| TOTAL STATE(S) | 2357 | 2871 | 2862 |
| 29 | A & N Islands | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Chandigarh | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | D&N Haveli and Daman&Diu@ + | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Delhi UT | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Jammu & Kashmir @ * | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Ladakh @ | 0 | ||
| 35 | Lakshadweep | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Puducherry | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL UT(S) | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 2357 | 2876 | 2862 | |
| As per data provided by states/UTs | ||||
| ‘+’ Combined data of erstwhile D & N HAVELI AND DAMAN & DIU UT during 2016-2019 | ||||
| ‘*’ Data of erstwhile JAMMU & KASHMIR State Including LADAKH during 2016-2019 | ||||
| ‘@’ Data of newly created Union territory |
The above data is provided by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
This information was given by the Minister of State (I/C) for M/o Earth Sciences and M/o Science & Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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