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Baratang, Sept 09: A tower of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited situated at Adajig village of Baratang suffered damages after being struck by lightning yesterday at around 07:30 pm.
According to villagers, after getting hit by lightning, a minor fire broke out on the top portion of the tower, but fortunately the tower didn’t collapsed.
The mobile and GPRS services are hit in Adajig area since the incident. Even landlines of Adajig area are not working, villages told Andaman Sheekha.
It was reported that lightning also disrupted the power supply in the area but however it has been restored today.
Lightning also fried some TV sets in the Teachers Colony area of Adajig. As per the reports, another major lightning which was reported at Adajig area at 08:00pm yesterday killed a Buffalo.
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