Amid the scorching heat of the national capital, as temperature soars beyond 50 degree celsius and citizens fear stepping out, several residents complain of acute water shortage, even as governments set up "war room" and promise "Har Ghar Jal".
Prime Minister Modi is in Kanniyakumari on a spiritual visit, he is meditating at the Dhyan Mandapam, the place where revered Hindu philosopher Swami Vivekananda is believed to have had a divine vision about 'Bharat Mata'. He will continue his meditation till June 1.
Dr Seema Balkrishna Wasnik, HOD, Emergency Medicine, RML, said: "At RML hospital, if any patient (of heat stroke) comes in critical situation he is taken to the red zone, intubated, we have inflatable tubs. We can still put the patient on a ventilator and also in the bathtub filled with ice
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday offered prayers at Ram temple in Ayodhya and recalled his visit to the holy city as a young 'kar sevak' during the Ramjanmabhoomi movement and in the 1980s and 1990s.
"How can visiting a temple be an election violation? The opposition parties are afraid of electoral defeat. Don't comment on everything for the sake of saying something. No one can stop the Prime Minister from doing meditation in Tamil Nadu," Murugan said, speaking to reporters at Chennai ai
As the citizens of India continue to brace for soaring temperatures, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported that 41 places recorded temperatures exceeding 45 degrees Celsius in the country on Thursday, May 30.
Targeting the Congress, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that the soul of Aurangzeb has possessed the party and that its leaders have been in a state of mourning since the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Lord Ram in his grand temple in Ayodhya.
Several states of India continue to grapple with rising temperatures, with the maximum temperature recorded in Rajasthan's Ganganagar at 48.3 degrees Celsius on May 30.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday offered prayers at Bhagavathy Amman Temple in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, after the culmination of the Lok Sabha election campaign.