The blazing sun takes its toll on India

Divya Updated - May 24, 2015 at 06:12 PM.

The India Meteorological department has warned that severe heatwave conditions are expected to continue

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Most parts of the country have been reeling under heat wave conditions with temperature soaring to over 46 degree Celsius. Photo: Singam Venkataramana
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The heatwave has claimed over 400 lives in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana so far. ▲
The sizzling temperature and heat wave conditions over the past few days may have made consumers bear the brunt of heat but it has brought cheer to the AC market. Going by the recent spurt in sales, air-conditioner dealers are expecting a 10 to 15 per cent growth in sales if the current trend lasts till the end of season. Photo: G.N. Rao
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Fever ward at District HQ Hospital in Khammam, Telangana, is overcrowded with sunstroke patients. Khammam recorded 48 degrees on Saturday. ▲
Women cover their head with scarves to guard against sunstroke in Hyderabad. Photo: G.Ramakrishna
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The sweltering heat adds to the elephant’s woes in summers. Photo: Ashoke Chakrabarty
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A boy wets his head to get some relief from the heat. Photo: PTI
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Roads wear a deserted look with people staying indoors to avoid the heat wave conditions in Vijayawada. Temperature in the city soared to 47 degrees Celcius on Sunday. Photo: Ch.Vijaya Bhaskar
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Foreign tourists try to beat the heat on a hot afternoon at the historic Jantar Mantar in Jaipur. Photo: Rohit Jain Paras
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A child enjoys an ice cream in New Delhi. Photo: Sandeep Saxena
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A Royal Bengal tiger has a splash to beat the scorching heat at Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad. Photo: Nagara Gopal
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Women Police constables cover their faces to protect themselves from scorching heat as mercury soars in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Photo: PTI
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The sun-baked ground makes it difficult for the baby Chimpanzee to walk. Photo: Ashoke Chakrabarty
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Boys take bath in a river to keep cool in Agartala. Photo: PTI
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A kirana store owner, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, fans himself with a newspaper to keep himself cool . Photo : Vijay Soneji.
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Youngsters buying sunglasses in Chennai. Photo: G Sribharath
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Black Kites rest on a tree after a long flight on a hot day at Ramniwas Garden in Jaipur. Photo: Rohit Jain Paras
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The searing heatwave in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana has killed 432 people so far with more deaths being reported today as vast swathes of the country reeled under the unrelenting summer heat. There was no respite in sight with the India Meteorological department warning that severe heatwave conditions are expected to continue in the two worst-hit southern states. In Delhi, the maximum temperature was recorded at 43.5 degree celsius, a degree less than Saturday while Palam recorded 46 degree celsius. Back in the northern plains, Uttar Pradesh saw the mercury cross the 41 degree mark in most of the districts. Allahabad recorded the highest maximum in the state at 47 degrees, which was five notches above the normal, followed by Banda at 46.6 degrees, Varanasi (45.8 degrees) and Sultanpur (45.6 degrees).

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