Lucknow, Sep 16 (PTI) A 70-year-old man lost his life, while four others were injured when a Peepal tree uprooted and fell in Lucknow’s Kaisarbagh Fish Market area on Tuesday afternoon, a police official said.
The deceased has been identified as Ramu Devnath, a resident of Triveninagar, Lucknow. The four injured are admitted to the Balrampur Hospital and are out of danger.
“Five persons had come under a tree which got uprooted in the Kaisarbagh Fish Market. Of these, one person has died, while the four injured persons are undergoing treatment at the Balrampur Hospital,” ACP (Chowk) Raj Kumar Singh said earlier.
According to an official statement, Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak went to the hospital to see the injured. He said that the injured are
being given proper treatment, and everyone is out of danger.
The district administration and the departments concerned have been instructed to identify old trees across the district and remove them as per the rules, Pathak said, according to the statement.
The injured include Mohd Rizwan (25), Mohd Shoaib (27), Mohd Armaan Rasool (34) and Abhishek Yadav (25), the police said in the statement.
Earlier in the day, Lucknow Divisional Commissioner Roshan Jacob reached the hospital to know the condition of the injured persons, according to a statement.
Meanwhile, residents said that the tree also damaged a couple of houses in its vicinity.
Ramji, a vegetable seller in the area, said that the tree suddenly fell at about 1 pm. He added that the tree, along with the debris of the collapsed houses, fell on the people, who fled to save their lives.
Imran, whose 50-year-old uncle, a fish seller, had a narrow escape, told PTI, “My uncle has got minor injuries, but the fish seller who sits next to our shop was trapped in the debris.” In a statement, the police said that on Tuesday at around 13.20, information was received at the local police station that an old Peepal tree had fallen in the fish market. Following the incident, the SHO, along with the police force, left for the spot and, with the fire brigade team, started the rescue work.
Meanwhile, corporator Shafiqur Rehman said that intense rainfall in Lucknow this year could be one of the reasons for the uprooting of the tree. PTI NAV AMJ AMJ
