54 people died due to lightning, snake bites and drowning in a single day in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, the state relief commissioner's office said on Friday.

All the deaths occurred between 7 pm on Wednesday and 7 pm on Thursday. He said most of the deaths on Wednesday were related to lightning.

The maximum number of deaths occurred in Pratapgarh district, where 12 people died due to lightning on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, seven people died in Sultanpur and six in Chandauli due to lightning.

Four people each lost their lives due to lightning in Prayagraj (on Wednesday) and Fatehpur (on Thursday). Two people also died in Hamirpur due to lightning on Wednesday.

According to a statement from the UP Relief Commissioner's office, one person each died in Unnao, Amethi, Etawah, Sonbhadra, Fatehpur and Pratapgarh on Wednesday and one person each died in Pratapgarh and Fatehpur due to lightning on Thursday. .

Nine people died in drowning incidents on Wednesday -- three each in Fatehpur and Pratapgarh, two in Etah and one in Banda.

The statement said that one person each died due to snake bite in Amethi and Sonbhadra on Wednesday.