MIRZAPUR & PATNA, May 31, 2024 (TBINN)
India today reported at least 40 suspected heat-related deaths, 25 of them of staff deployed on Lok Sabha poll duty in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, as heat-wave conditions gripped a large swathe of the country.
According to officials, heat-related deaths were reported from Odisha (10), Bihar (
, Jharkhand (4) and Uttar Pradesh (1) on Thursday also. Rajasthan has reported at least five heat-related deaths, so far.
Among the fatalities recorded today, maximum 17 were from Uttar Pradesh, 14 from Bihar, five from Odisha and four from Jharkhand, where officials said more than 1,300 people are hospitalised with heat-stroke conditions.
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