Bihar: 18, including eight officials on poll duty, dead in 48 hours due to heat-related ailments
The deaths were reported from the districts of Rohtas, Bhojpur and Buxar.
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Eighteen persons, including eight officials who were on election duty, died due to heat-related illnesses in 48 hours in Bihar, The Indian Express reported on Friday.
Eleven deaths due to ailments caused by the heat were reported from the Rohtas district and six were recorded from Bhojpur, the State Emergency Operation Centre said. One death was reported from the Buxar district.
Five persons among those who died in Rohtas were deployed for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, as were two in Bhojpur. The person who died in Buxar was also on poll duty.
Polling is set to take place in eight out of the 40 parliamentary seats in the state on Saturday in the last phase of the election.
Bihar has been grappling with heatwave conditions over the past few days. Temperatures crossed 44 degree Celsius in many parts of the state on Thursday.
On Wednesday, the state government ordered schools, coaching institutes and anganwadi centres to be closed until June 8. The announcement came amid reports of several students at schools in the Sheikhpura, Begusarai, Muzaffarpur and East Champaran districts fainting during the day as temperatures soared.
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