Kathmandu. According to the BBC, more than 50 people have died in India due to extreme heat in the last three days alone. In Uttar Pradesh alone, 33 people have died due to heat since Friday.
In the state of Odisha, 20 people have died due to heat stroke. In the last 72 hours, 99 people have died due to suspected heat stroke in Odisha, but only 20 cases have been confirmed by post-mortem, according to Indian media. It is said that most of these deaths took place on June 1, i.e. the last day of the Lok Sabha elections.
This year, the highest temperature has been recorded in India. The Federal Ministry of Health said at least 56 people have been confirmed to have died of heat stroke from March 1 to May 30. Looking at the provincial statistics, the number of deaths due to heat-related diseases is much higher. According to news reports, most of the deaths due to heat in Uttar Pradesh are volunteer police, election officers, security guards and health workers.
In Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand, many people are suspected to have lost their lives due to heat-related diseases. However, it has not been confirmed. Heat stroke is a life-threatening condition in which the body temperature rises above 104 degrees Fahrenheit, or 40 degrees Celsius, and 40 to 64 percent of people who experience this condition can die.
For the last few days in India, the temperature has been measured at 45 to 46 degrees Celsius in different parts of the country, and in some areas the temperature has reached up to 50 degrees Celsius. It was reported that the highest temperature of 52.9 degrees Celsius was recorded in Delhi’s Mangeshpur area on May 29, but the next day the government of India corrected it by saying that it was recorded 3 degrees Celsius higher due to a malfunction in the temperature sensor.