Over 200 die of severe heatwave in Delhi-NCR in two days
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Delhi has recorded the hottest night (35+ deg C), unheard of since the beginning of time! For 30 consecutive days the maximum temp is above 40 deg C and in the nights too the mercury stayed high as there is hardly any earth around to absorb and dissipate the day's heat. Add on to the nightmare the acute water shortage in the national Capital due to the power-hungry, low-grade politicians squabbling for one-upmanship. More than 200 people died in Delhi-NCR in the past two days. Most of them are poor people, labourers, the homeless, beggars.
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NEW DELHI, June 20: Unrelenting heat is scorching the National Capital Region
and other parts of northern India for about a month. Amidst an acute water shortage
due to a continuing slugfest involving the politicians of the the State Government
and the Centre, the heatwave in Delhi has taken a heavy toll. The poor and the
homeless account for maximum of deaths.
Unofficial sources have put the figure as around 200 as lakhs of people like
rickshaw-pullers and construction workers are forced to work in the open while
all the deaths of homeless people and beggars are not accountd for. On an average
30 people are reporting dehydration and high fever daily at each of the dozens
of hospitals in the Capital.
- 136 bodies were cremated at Nigam Bodh Ghat alone on Thursday in Delhi.
- 192 homeless people died in Delhi due to heatwave in the past one week.
- 70 bodies were brought to the mortuary at DDU Hospital on Thursday where
four each were placed on stretchers.
- There were over 40,000 heatstroke cases across the country in the past few
days.
- The police have recovered 50 unclaimed bodies of poor people in the past
48 hours.
According to official date from Government hospitals, over 20 people died in
the Delhi alone due to heat-related problems in the past 48 hours. Two to six
deaths on an average are taking place at the hospitals a day. RML reported seven
deaths in two days and Safdarjung hospital five on Wednesday alone and two at
the Lok Nayak Hospital. The patients are mostly brought with acute dehydration
and fever of 106-107 deg F.
Special heatwave units are now being set up in all Central Government hospitals
to deal with heat disorders.
The weather office has given hope that the heatwave will abate in the one or
two days.
While the mercury touches 45 deg C in the day, night temperature has soared
to 35+ deg C, minimum temp being more realistic in assessing the heat as a maximum
can be of a moment's temp reading. Nights are meant to cool the earth and provide
biologically essential relief and rest to the human body, which critically needs
it within every 24 hours. Besides, when the nights do not dissipate heat, the
following day will have an add-on effect. The body's systems will malfunction,
leading to dehydration, high fever and stroke.
Wednesday's was the hottest night (35+ deg C) in Delhi since 1901, it is said.
For 30 consecutive days the maximum temp is above 40 deg C.
Experts agree that the unrelenting heatwave is due to increasing concretisation
and decreasing green area as the concrete constructions heating up in the day
will release the heat at night, making the surroundings to remain heated up.
And there is hardly any earth around to absorb and dissipate the day's heat.
ACs will not work in such high temp as the coolant will break down, compressor
cracks and can also lead to fire. Else, they shut down for protection.
Take care:-
1. Avoid going out in the sun
2. Drink water even if not thirsty
3. Avoid strenuous activities
4. Wear light-coloured, loose cotton clothes
5. Wear protective goggles in case moving out
6. Carry water while travelling
7. Don't leave kids in parked cars
Also see: Heatwave: Aircraft damaged in Delhi; Cars go up in flames
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