NEW DELHI:
Torrid weather conditions continued to prevail in several parts of the country today, claiming 41 more lives in worst-hit Andhra Pradesh since yesterday as the nationwide death toll mounted to 2248.
According to Andhra Pradesh’s disaster management department, 41 more deaths have been reported from different parts of the state in the last 24 hours taking the death toll in the ongoing spell of heat wave to 1677. The toll in the state yesterday stood at 1636.
Today’s figures from neighbouring Telangana were not available so far. 541 people had died in the State till yesterday.
Nagpur continued to swelter at 47.1 degrees, while Banda in Uttar Pradesh recorded a scorching 46.4 degrees.
Death toll due to sun-stroke in Odisha remained at 21 though the Special Relief Commissioner’s (SRC) office received reports of 115 deaths allegedly due to heat.
Reports of the deaths reaching the SRC office are under investigation, an official release said.
Seven deaths have so far been reported from Gujarat and two from Delhi. (AGENCIES)
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