At least 34 people have died in the past two days as a large swath of the north Indian state Uttar Pradesh swelters under severe heat, officials said Saturday, prompting doctors to advise residents over 60 to stay indoors during the daytime.
The dead were all over 60 years old and had pre-existing health conditions that may have been exacerbated by the intense heat. The fatalities occurred in Ballia district, some 300 kilometres southeast of Lucknow, the state capital of Uttar Pradesh.Twenty-three deaths were reported Thursday and another 11 died Friday, Ballia's Chief Medical Officer Jayant Kumar said.
Diwakar Singh, another medical officer, said these people were admitted to Ballia's main hospital in critical condition. "Elderly people are vulnerable to extreme heat too," he said. The scorching summer has sparked power outages across the state, leaving people with no running water, fans or air conditioners. Many have staged protests.
"Every village and every city should receive adequate power supply during this scorching heat. If any faults occur, they should be promptly addressed," he said Friday night in a statement.
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