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AP heat wave toll mounts to 884
Syed Amin Jafri Hyderabad |
June 01, 2003 20:45 IST
The toll due to the oppressive heat wave in Andhra Pradesh soared to 884 on Sunday evening, with 89 deaths in the past 24 hours.
State Relief Commissioner D C Rosaiah told rediff.com that the state faced severe heat wave conditions for the 17th day in a row.
The unrelenting heat wave has so far claimed 192 lives in Nalgonda district. Four coastal districts follow closely behind with 138 deaths in Guntur, 130 in West Godavari, 103 in East Godavari and 98 in Prakasam district.
The relief commissioner said district authorities have appealed to the people to stay indoors from noon to evening.
The Hyderabad Meteorological Centre said severe heat wave conditions continue to prevail in southern coastal districts -- Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam and Nellore -- as well as in parts of interior Telangana region.
The mercury touched 47 degrees Celsius on Sunday in several coastal towns, including Vijayawada, Nandigama and Bapatla.
Hyderabad, too, recorded this season's highest temperature of 43.9 degrees Celsius on Sunday. Isolated showers occurred in some places in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema region.
Meteorological Centre Director C V V Bhadram said the heat wave warning has been renewed for another 48 hours.
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The ecological system is reacting to the modernisation. Everyone of us is responsible for adopting to modernisation and not contributing to balance the ecological system. ...
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This is not acceptable, this shows how a state like A.P is being managed by horrible govt.Its seams that there is no action plan to ...
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there are 2 points to be noticed. 1. state govt is doing nothing to tackle the drastic situation. it is nice to make cyber cities, ...
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This is the worst situation in AP ever i met. I cant go out , i can't stay at my home with out A/c . ...
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