Re: Heat related fatalities; Total at least 525
Re: Heat related fatalities; Total at least 525
Punjab:
Pilgrim dies of cardiac arrest
Our Correspondent
Phagwara, July 3
A pilgrim, Kasbal Kundal Swami (50), of Trimul in Tamil Nadu on his way back from Amarnath Yatra died due to a cardiac arrest at Chachoki village near Phagwara this afternoon.
He was returning from the pilgrimage in a jatha and the pilgrims? bus halted at a dhaba to provide light refreshment to the pilgrims, when the man collapsed. He was immediately admitted to the local Civil Hospital, where he was declared brought dead. The cause of the death was described as cardiac arrest due to excessive heat, doctors said.
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120704/jal.htm#2
28 lives lost to heat wave
Gurdeep Singh Mann
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, July 3
The intense heat wave in the region has claimed 28 lives in Bathinda so far. Most of the deceased are reportedly youngsters addicted to various habit-forming substances.
While most of the residents choose to remain indoors to avoid getting a heat stroke, drug addicts, the homeless and the elderly have become victims of the searing heat.
As per a city-based NGO that sends its volunteers to help the poor, most of those who lost their lives to the scorching heat have been youngsters addicted to one or the other drug.
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http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120704/battrib.htm#1
Heatwave claim three lives in Punjab
Press Trust of India / Chandigarh July 04, 2012, 19:05
Heatwave claimed three lives in Punjab today as mercury in several places in the state and neighbouring Haryana soared up to eight points above normal.
Three people died due to scorching heat in Batala, taking the death toll due to heat to five in the region.
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http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/heatwave-claim-three-lives-in-punjab/28304/
Uttar Pradesh:
3 pilgrims 8 were taken ill due to intense heat at Govardhan in Mathura
Posted by Nisha Sharma on July 3, 2012
Mathura: Three pilgrims were on Tuesday killed and at least eight were taken ill due to intense heat during the ongoing pilgrimage at Govardhan hillock in the district.
They were performing circumambulation of the hillock when they collapsed due to dehydration.
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http://www.thereportertoday.com/3-p...l-due-to-intense-heat-at-govardhan-in-mathura
Madhya Pradesh:
Heatwave claims 7 lives in MP
STAFF WRITER 19:54 HRS IST
Bhind (MP), Jul 4 (PTI) Heatwave has claimed seven lives in Bhind district since yesterday, where temperature has touched the 47 deg Celsius mark, official sources said today.
It has been confirmed by government doctors that the deceased, aged between 45 and 75 years, died because of excessive heat, they said.
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http://ptinews.com/news/2762701_Heatwave-claims-7-lives-in-MP
Delhi:
Three found dead in north Delhi
STAFF WRITER 21:41 HRS IST
New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI)
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Later, police found two more bodies from the area. Police suspect that the duo might have died of heat stroke
http://ptinews.com/news/2759747_Three-found-dead-in-north-Delhi
