13 People died in Maharashtra...
New Delhi: Heatwaves in Nation are becoming more severe due to climate change, with around 90 percent of the country in the "danger zone" of their impacts, according to a new study.
The study, conducted at the University of Cambridge, by Ramit Debnath revealed that Delhi is vulnerable to severe heatwave impacts, though its recent state action plan for climate change does not affect this.
More than 17,000 people lost their lives due to heatwaves in the last 50 years in the Nation, according to a paper authored by M Rajeevan, former secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, along with scientists Kamaljit Ray, S S Ray, R K Giri, and A P Dimri.
The paper published in 2021 said there were 706 heatwave incidents in India from 1971-2019.
On Sunday, thirteen people died due to extreme heat stroke at a Maharashtra government award function in Navi Mumbai, making it one of the highest death tolls from a single heatwave-related event in India’s history.
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