District Magistrate, Aurangabad, Shrikant Shastri shared the development about the casualties as part of heat-related issues and said, "5 people admitted to the hospital died. When we will get the post-mortem report, then we will get to know the exact reason."
In Bihar's Aurangabad, the death toll due to heat wave conditions has reached 12, while four people died in Kaimur district, including a worker on election duty, on Thursday and three people have died in Bihar's Arrah in Bhojpur district after suffering from extreme heatwaves in the region.
The Delhi government is setting up a central war room in Delhi Jal Board to monitor the supply of water tankers according to the requirement in the national capital, Delhi Minister Atishi said on Friday.
As Delhi continues to swelter under an intense heat wave, the National Zoological Park has stepped up its animal care efforts with diet adjustments that include serving seasonal fruits and cold water and installation of water coolers among others.
Meanwhile, maximum temperature of 50 degrees celsius has reached for the first time in this summer season in Rajasthan. The 50 degrees celsius was recorded in Phalodi in the last 24 hours, said
Braving the heat wave conditions, people turned up to polling stations in Haryana's Sirsa on Saturday to cast their votes in the sixth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections on Saturday.
As Gujarat's Ahmedabad witnesses rising temperature, Dr Tejas Shah, Health Officer in Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation warned that the city will witness a heatwave for the next three to four days. Speaking with ANI, Dr Tejas Shah said, "For the last eight days, heatwave has been going on in t