BHUBANESWAR: At least 33 people, including election officials on duty, died of suspected heatstroke in India’s states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Odis...
At least 33 people, including election officials on duty, died of suspected heatstroke in India’s states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha on Friday, and the heatwave in the region is expected to continue until Saturday, authorities said.
Fourteen people died in Bihar on Thursday, officials said, including 10 people involved in organising the seven-phase national elections that are currently underway. Many election officials are usually required to stand on duty all day, many times outdoors.In India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, at least nine election personnel, including security persons, died on Friday, government officials said.
Ten deaths were also reported in the government hospital in Odisha’s Rourkela region on Thursday, authorities told Reuters, prompting the Odisha government to advise against outdoor activities between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. local time when temperatures peak. “We have shifted to a summer management diet, which includes a more liquid diet as well as all the seasonal fruits and vegetables which contain more water,“ Sanjeet Kumar, director of the zoo, told news agency ANI.
India’s neighbour Pakistan has also seen a spike in forest fires as temperatures soar, going as high as 52.2 C last week.
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