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More than 40 killed in dust storm in N India

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-05-22 08:30

NEW DELHI - More than 40 people were Saturday killed and several others injured in different parts of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh as dust storm, accompanied by high velocity wind and rains, hit several districts of the state, reported Press Trust of India.

Eleven people, including four children, were killed in Lakhimpur district in incidents of house collapse and uprooting of trees during dust storm Saturday morning, the report quoted Additional District Magistrate Tulsi Ram as saying.

While four persons each were killed in Lakhimpur and Gola tehsil, two deaths were reported from Mohammadi and one from Dharaura. In Gola, a couple was killed when their hut collapsed during the storm.

In Shahjahanpur district, 16 people were killed in dust storm related incidents, ADM Rama Shanker Maurya said. Eleven people were killed in Tilhar teshil, three in Puwayan and two in Sadar tehsil.