Tag: Heat Wave

The acute drinking water crisis can be gauged from the visuals in Keonjhar where people are now forced to queue up before a pond filled with mud to fill water.

Not only Bhubaneswar, but several parts of the state are also reeling under the scorching heat. Jharsuguda district recorded a maximum temperature of 42.6 degrees today (by 2:30 PM).

Bats are dying due to the prevailing heat wave conditions in a village in Odisha's Jajpur district and efforts are on to save the remaining winged mammals there by spraying water on them, a forest department official said on Monday.

Special care should also be taken for children and elderly people to protect them from heatwave.

The roads across the state wore a deserted look with people preferring to remain indoors as mercury is showing no sign to go down.

Baripada witnessed 43 degrees temperature on Thursday making it the hottest town in the state yesterday too.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) says people should keep a track of the announcements made by weather agencies to know about the extreme weather advisories, if any at regular intervals.

As per the IMD, Jharsuguda town recorded a maximum temperature of 43 degrees Celsius today, the highest for any town in Asia.

As per the protocol, bamboo sheds and other temporary arrangements have been made so that the animals can take shelter and not get exposed to the rays of the sun.

The IMD has also sounded a ‘yellow alert’ for several districts as the maximum temperature is likely to increase considerably.

Normal life across the state has been adversely hit owing to the blistering heat. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has also issued ‘heat wave’ alert for several districts of Odisha till April 15.

In a letter, SRC Satyabrata Sahu directed the collectors to launch awareness campaigns immediately to make people aware of the risks associated with the heat wave, identifying the risk and what to do if some is affected.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik took a review meeting with senior officers on the current heat wave condition and various health-related facilities. 

As per the latest IMD forecast, heat wave conditions are likely to prevail in some parts of interior Odisha from April 13 to April 15.

On Monday, two places in Odisha- Jharsuguda and Baripada recorded a maximum temperature of 40.4 and 40 degrees, respectively.