Davangere: Lightning strikes four including mother-daughter
Davangere, October 15: Four persons including a mother and her daughter died when lightning struck them during a rain coupled with gusty wind and lightning, in the district on Monday.
The deceased have been identified as Lalitha Bai (28) and her daughter Shwetha (11) of Chennahalli Thanda in Harapanahalli taluk, Shantamma (60) of Gowdikatte and Ajjaiah (38) of Kalenahalli in Jagalur taluk.
Both mother and daughter died on the spot when the lightning struck them while working in the field on Monday afternoon. When Lalitha Bai and Shwetha have gone to the field to pick up cucumber in the field, it started to rain heavily. As it was raining heavily, both of them were having lunch when the lightning struck them. Tahsildar Dr. Madhu, Taluk Panchayat Member Hulikatte Chandrappa visited the spot and assured of getting them the compensation from the government.
Shantamma died on the way to her home from her field due to lightning. In the same way, Ajjaiah also died when the lightning struck him while working in the field.
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BMTC collects over Rs 19 lakh as fine from those travelling without tickets, occupying ladies seat
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has collected over Rs 19 lakh as a penalty from 10,069 passengers who were penalised for travelling without tickets and occupying seats exclusively reserved for ladies in the last three months, officials said on Thursday.
The checking staff of BMTC have intensified checking of buses operated in and around Bengaluru City to detect ticketless travelling by passengers, they said.
According to BMTC, during the months of August, September and October, the checking staff checked 57,219 trips and penalised 8,891 ticketless passengers by collecting Rs 17,96,030 as penalty and 5,268 cases were booked against conductors for their dereliction of duty.
During the same period, they have also penalised 1,178 male passengers for occupying seats exclusively reserved for lady passengers and imposed fines by collecting Rs 1,17,800 in accordance with the KMV (Karnataka Motor Vehicle) Rules of the MV Act of 1988.
"In total, during the months of August, September and October, 10,069 passengers were penalised and Rs 19,13,830 was collected," the BTMC officials stated.
