{"id":11690,"date":"2024-06-01T17:19:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T17:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=11690"},"modified":"2024-06-01T17:29:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T17:29:56","slug":"heat-kills-at-least-15-in-india-as-temperatures-near-50c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=11690","title":{"rendered":"Heat kills at least 15 in India as temperatures near 50C"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Several people have died due to heat-related ailments over the past 24 hours as temperatures continue to soar in northern and central India.<\/p>\n

Ten fatalities were recorded at the government hospital in Odisha\u2019s Rourkela region on Thursday, authorities told Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n

Heat-stroke related deaths have also been reported from the states of Bihar, Rajasthan and Jharkhand and the national capital, Delhi.<\/p>\n

The searing heat comes as India is holding its general election, the results of which will be declared on 4 June.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nGetty Images NEW DELHI, INDIA \u2013 MAY 22: People gather around a municipal tanker to collect water during high temperatures in New Delhi, India, on May 22, 2024. (Photo by Amarjeet Kumar Singh\/Anadolu via Getty Images)\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mahendra Kumar, district magistrate of Bhojpur district in Bihar\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0the Times of India newspaper that three election officers and a policeman had died in the city on Thursday due to heat stroke.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the hottest day, and despite having medical facilities at all centres, they collapsed. One home guard [volunteer policeman] became unconscious where he was staying,\u201d Mr Kumar said, adding that the man died in the hospital while being treated by doctors.<\/p>\n

He also said that around 30-40 people had been admitted to the same hospital on Thursday due to heat-related ailments.<\/p>\n

Hospitals in the region are recording a rise in admissions due to heat-related ailments.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, a labourer admitted with a heat stroke died while receiving treatment at a hospital in Delhi.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s National Centre for Disease Control calls heat strokes a \u201clife-threatening\u201d condition with a\u00a0mortality rate of 40 to 64%.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nReuters | An autorickshaw covered with a cloth during a heat wave in Ahmedabad\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The heat in northern, central and parts of western India has been unrelenting for the past two weeks, with maximum temperatures hovering around 45-46C for days at a stretch and even climbing up to 50C in some areas.<\/p>\n

Several regions are experiencing severe water and electricity shortages due to a rise in consumption. The soaring temperatures have led to a surge in fires across India and authorities are employing drones to monitor forest fires in Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n

In the past week, capital Delhi and surrounding regions experienced record-breaking temperatures nearing 50C.<\/p>\n

Videos of residents in Delhi jostling for water from water tankers have been widely shared on social media. Many parts of the capital are also experiencing frequent power cuts.<\/p>\n

Officials are still investigating whether the\u00a0recorded temperature of 52.9C<\/a>\u00a0in the Mungeshpur area on Wednesday was a result of a sensor malfunction at the nearby weather station.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nGetty Images A medical staff walks out of a heat stroke room at the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital in New Delhi on May 30, 2024. In Delhi\u2019s Ram Manohar Lohia hospital, a specialised unit is busy treating patients with heat-related illnesses. Equipped with immersion ice baths, the unit has treated eight heat-struck patients in the past week. (Photo by Arun SANKAR \/ AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR\/AFP via Getty Images)\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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India saw a 55% rise in deaths due to extreme heat between 2000-2004 and 2017-2021, a\u00a0study<\/a>\u00a0published in the medical journal, The Lancet, found.<\/p>\n

Exposure to heat also caused a loss of 167.2 billion potential labour hours among Indians in 2021, the study noted.<\/p>\n

While many parts of the country have regularly experienced heatwaves in summer, experts have said these are now becoming longer, more intense and frequent.<\/p>\n

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