Prayagraj: A rickshaw puller died after the valley gutter , an iron structure installed at the end of the roof to drain put rainwater, at enclosure no. three of city side of Prayagraj Junction fell on him. Trapped beneath the iron sheet, Gurudeen Bhartiya , who was in his 60s, suffered a major head injury and died.
"It seems that because of heavy rain , the structure got loose and fell on the elderly rickshaw puller who was taking shelter from rain beneath it," said station officer of Shahganj police station, Vinay Singh. After the incident, govt railway police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) were informed and medical assistance was provided, but the effort proved futile. Meanwhile, the entire city, along with rural areas, received heavy rain on Saturday.
Earlier on Friday night, several parts of the city received sporadic to heavy rain along with lightning. The overcast conditions were dominating the weather since morning and around 2 pm, heavy rain and lightning lashed almost all the localities of the city. Because of around an hour of heavy showers, low-lying areas of the city and most of the crossings were waterlogged.
City crossings, even in posh localities like Civil Lines, witnessed heavy waterlogging. Be it the crossing near the head post office, the exit of the city side of Prayagraj Junction, the Niranjan rail underpass, or medical college crossing, several commuters were seen crossing these roads under knee-deep water and vehicles too got stuck. The maximu.
