More than 50 people were killed in lightning strikes.
Officials said on Monday that it was reported that nearly 80 people took selfies near a historic fort in northern India at the beginning of the annual monsoon season, and several of them were killed by lightning.
During the June-September floods, fatal lightning strikes were common in this vast Asian country, which eased the summer heat in the northern plains of India.
A national disaster department official told AFP that of the 76 victims, at least 23 died in the desert-dominated Rajasthan state, and 12 of them were from the famous 12th-century Ahmadine Watch the storm pass through Jaipur from the watchtower near Fort Meir.
In Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, the bolt hit two watchtowers in the 12th-century Amer Fort, crowded with tourists watching the storm sweep across the city.
“People were already raining when they were there. As the rain intensified, they huddled in the tower,” Jaipur senior police officer Sorab Tiwari told AFP.
After weeks of intense heat in the state, people flocked to this fortress overlooking Jaipur.
According to the police, 11 people were killed and 17 others were injured, of which 3 were in critical condition.
Tiwari said there were as many as 30 people on the tower when the lightning struck.
“Some injured people lost consciousness due to the strike. Others ran out in horror,” Tiwari added.
On Monday, the emergency team was checking whether any victims had fallen into the deep moat on the side of the watchtower.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Narendra Modi) said on Monday that special payments will be made to the families of the victims and express condolences.
