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By India Today News Desk: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that heat wave conditions are likely to continue over East India during the next three days. According to the weather department, heat wave conditions are likely over Gangetic West Bengal, Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand.
Temperatures may go up in Punjab and Haryana in the days ahead and abate thereafter, the weather agency said.
HEATWAVE WARNING ISSUED
As the mercury levels rose, heatwave conditions intensified in several states, including Rajasthan and Bihar. Bihar’s Sheikhpura recorded a maximum temperature at 43.4 degrees Celsius. The Met department has issued an orange alert for heatwave in 6 districts during the next 48 hours.
Heatwave conditions are also likely to prevail in parts of the country, including West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar and East UP for the next few days.
Educational institutions in West Bengal have been ordered to remain shut till next week in view of the “severe” heatwave conditions.
“All educational institutions, including schools, colleges and universities, will remain closed from Monday till Saturday next week, keeping in mind the severe heatwave conditions,” West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.
Heatwave also prevailed in Delhi with a maximum temperature of 40.4 degrees Celsius on Sunday.
The maximum temperature is likely to settle at 41 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, according to the Regional Meteorological Centre, New Delhi.
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Forecasting heatwave conditions in some parts of Gangetic West Bengal, the Met department on Sunday said that day temperatures in the southern districts are likely to rise further, which are already hovering above the 40 degrees Celsius mark in several places.
“Heat wave conditions are likely over West Bengal, Bihar and Coastal Andhra Pradesh during the next 4-5 days; over Punjab and Haryana in the next 2 days and abate thereafter. A fresh spell of rainfall over the Western Himalayan Region from April 16 and over the plains of northwest India from April 18,” the IMD said.
Increasing temperatures or severe heatwave conditions put at risk vulnerable people, including infants, those of old age, and people with chronic diseases. On Sunday, at least eleven people were left dead due to heatstroke and over 120 people complained of heat-related health issues at the Maharashtra Bhushan award event in Navi Mumbai’s Kharghar.
IMD has recommended various preventive measures such as drinking sufficient water, drinking ORS (oral rehydration solutions or electrolyte replenishments) or similar homemade drinks to stay hydrated.
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