Over 68 Bharatiya nationals are confirmed to have died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, a significant event for Muslims worldwide that has been marred by scorching temperatures this year, according to the media reports.
‘We have confirmed around 68 dead. Some are because of natural causes and we had many old-age pilgrims. And some are due to the weather conditions, that’s what we assume’, said a diplomat in Saudi Arabia.
Meanwhile, it was predicted that North India may begin to see some relief from the intense heatwave conditions starting Wednesday, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). Severe heatwave conditions are expected to persist for the next 24 hours, with a red alert in place, but temperatures are forecasted to gradually decrease due to western disturbances approaching Northwest India.
The IMD also reported that heavy to very heavy rainfall, with isolated extremely heavy falls, is likely to continue over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Assam-Meghalaya over the next two days as the monsoon progresses.
On Monday, Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh recorded a temperature of 47.6°C, the highest in the country on June 17. Heatwave conditions affected Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Bihar, north Madhya Pradesh, and isolated pockets of Odisha. Delhi’s power demand hit an all-time high of 8,646 MW on Tuesday afternoon amid the scorching heat.
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