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  • UP Heatwave Deaths: 2 Election Officials Die, 9 Admitted Due To Heatstroke In Sonbhadra |

    Heatwave Crisis: Two people on election duty died and nine taken ill of suspected heat stroke as they were being dispatched to their assignment locations in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district, a senior official said on Friday. The nine poll personnel are undergoing treatment at the district hospital where their condition is said to be serious, said District Magistrate Chandra Vijay Singh.

    While the exact cause of death is yet to be ascertained, the district magistrate said the symptoms appeared to be that of heat stroke. Singh said the personnel were being dispatched for poll duty from the Polytechnic College in Robertsganj — Sonbhadra’s administrative headquarters — in the afternoon when 11 people suddenly fell ill. They were immediately sent to the district hospital where Nityanand Pandey (50) and a 35-year-old poll duty personnel died.

    #WATCH | Two on-duty polling personnel have died allegedly due to heatstroke in UP’s Sonbhadra district.

    Sonbhadra DM Chandra Vijay Singh says, “A polling party was supposed to leave from the dispatch centre in Robertsganj today. Three polling officials including a police… pic.twitter.com/41oXsMaTCP
    — ANI (@ANI) May 31, 2024

    Thirteen seats in Uttar Pradesh go to the polls in the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday. Singh said of the nine patients, two have been referred to a private hospital. He added that the exact cause of the deaths will be known after post-mortem.

  • Bihar Heatwave: 10 Election Officials Die On Duty Due To Heatstroke Ahead Of Phase 7 Polling |

    Heatwave: Fourteen people, including 10 polling personnel, have died due to heatstroke in Bihar in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday afternoon. In a statement issued by the Disaster Management Department, most of the fatalities were reported from Bhojpur, where five officials on election duty died of heatstroke. Three election officials died in Rohtas, and one each died in Kaimur and Aurangabad districts, it said.

    Four other people died in different parts of the state, it added. The process of granting ex-gratia to the families of the deceased has been initiated, said the statement. The state is reeling under sizzling heat as the mercury crossed 44 degrees Celsius at several places. On Thursday, Buxar was the hottest at 47.1 degrees Celsius. Due to the heatwave conditions, all schools, coaching institutes and anganwadi centres were shut till June 8.

    In a post on X, leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav said, “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 were being held over seven phases, with polling in eight seats scheduled on Saturday.