Heat wave swept several parts of the country with mercury hovering over 40 degrees in many areas. Several states recorded hottest April in decades and Met department said that the temperature is going to rise in coming days.
More than 100 people are feared dead in India in an early-summer heat wave.
India’s hottest months are May and June, but some states have already registered temperatures in excess of 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), forcing authorities to take emergency steps.
In the southern Indian state of Telangana, 45 people have died from heat exposure, and another 17 in Andhra Pradesh, officials said. Some 43 were believed to have died in neighboring Odisha, although an official there said each of the deaths was being investigated.
Schools in Telangana were shut last week two weeks ahead of their summer holidays. As an emergency measure, Odisha has ordered schools to remain closed until April 26 and banned construction work during the hottest times of the day.
