IMD issues alert as heatwave sweeps Odisha

Bhubaneswar | Monday | 18th June, 2018

Summary:

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued heat wave warning across Odisha for next 48 hours and forecasted that that there will no respite from the scorching heat till June 22. BHUBANESWAR: Capital Bhubaneswar continued to be the hottest place in the state for the second consecutive day on Monday while the whole state reeled under searing heat. Deputy relief commissioner Pravat Ranjan Mohapatra said the government’s standing instructions issued to all collectors during summer still continued. However he said total number of allegations of sunstroke deaths recorded by their office this summer stood 35 spread over 16 districts. The temperature will be soar further in central and interior areas of the state..