No respite from heat wave for four days, death toll rises to 8 in Gujarat

Ahmedabad

With temperatures at many of the places soaring above 43 degree Celsius and heat wave warning continuing for four more days the heat related death toll in the state has reportedly risen to eight.

According to the IMD bulletin Kandla Airport with the maximum temperature of 44.8 remained the hottest place in the state and Surendranagar (44.3) remained closely behind at second place in this regard.

Ahmedabad recorded the maximum temperature of 43.5 which was 1.6 degree above normal.

Meanwhile, three bodies, all prima facie seemed affected by heat stroke, were found from desert area near Jungi, Nandgam villages and another place in the small ran close to Pakistan border in Kutch district during last 24 hours. Earlier on May 2 also a couple had died in Kutch owing to heat stroke. Two persons have so far died in Ahmedabad while one has lost his life in Bhavnagar owing to heat related reasons.

The maximum temperature at various places during the last 24 hours was as following-

AHMEDABAD 43.5 RAJKOT 42.9 DEESA 41.4 VERAVAL 35.2 GANDHI NAGAR 43.5 SURENDRANAGAR 44.3 V.V. NAGAR 42.2 VADODARA 43.0 BHUJ 42.0 SURAT 40.0 VALSAD 37.9 AMRELI 43.7 KANDLA AIRPORT 44.8 BHAVNAGAR 41.0 DWARKA 31.7.

– DeshGujarat