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New Delhi : More than 320 people have died in the last four days due to heat and heatstroke in the country. In the last three days, Uttar Pradesh has lost the most number of lives, around 100.
In Bihar, 69 people died due to heatwave in the last 3 days. There is news of about 40 deaths in UP-Bihar on Friday. Among these, 25 are employees and officers deployed on duty for the Lok Sabha elections.
In the last 4 days, 60 people died due to heat in Rajasthan, 37 in Jharkhand, 18 in Odisha, 2 in Madhya Pradesh and 1 in Delhi. 1,326 people are admitted in hospitals in Jharkhand. At many places, there is no space left in the heatstroke ward.
On Friday, polling parties were being sent for voting on June 1 in Mirzapur, UP. During this time, suddenly in the afternoon, home guards, soldiers, PAC soldiers and paramilitary soldiers started fainting. Some fainted after reaching the polling station with the polling party.
Heatwave alert in 14 states today
According to IMD, Kanpur recorded the highest temperature of the country at 48.2°C on Friday. At the same time, Sirsa of Haryana was at second place, here the mercury was 47.8°C. The mercury of Ayanagar in Delhi was recorded at 47°C.
Heatwave is expected in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Odisha, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh and Himachal on Saturday (June 1). Day as well as night will be hot in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha. Humid heat is expected in Goa, Telangana.
