While experts state that approximately 11,000 people have died due to temperatures across India in the last century, there are concerns that this number may be much higher, APA reports citing AP.
In India where more than 150 people died this month due to heat waves, sunstroke causes rapid deaths, while prolonged hot weather can have deadly consequences for Indians with health problems.
According to climate experts, global warming increases the likelihood of heat waves resulting in death toll in South Asian countries such as India up to 30 times.
This obliges densely populated India to implement its “preparation plan” for hot weather, which is one of the slow-onset disasters and is increasingly becoming a public health crisis.
Source: Azeri-Press News Agency