Heatwave: Fourteen individuals, together with 10 polling personnel, have died as a result of heatstroke in Bihar within the final 24 hours, officers stated on Friday afternoon. In a press release issued by the Disaster Management (*7*), a lot of the fatalities have been reported from Bhojpur, the place 5 officers on election obligation died of heatstroke. Three election officers died in Rohtas, and one every died in Kaimur and Aurangabad districts, it stated.
Four different individuals died in several elements of the state, it added. The means of granting ex-gratia to the households of the deceased has been initiated, stated the assertion. The state is reeling underneath scorching warmth because the mercury crossed 44 levels Celsius at a number of locations. On Thursday, Buxar was the most well liked at 47.1 levels Celsius. Due to the heatwave circumstances, all colleges, teaching institutes and anganwadi centres have been shut until June 8.
In a put up on X, chief of opposition Tejashwi Yadav stated, “When government-run schools have already been closed because of pressure from the opposition, why are teachers being asked to come to schools in this intense heat wave conditions? What will teachers do when students themselves are not in school? Teachers must be given leave in this scorching heat.” Elections to the 40 Lok Sabha seats have been being held over seven phases, with polling in eight seats scheduled on Saturday.
