20 Dead Due To Heatstroke In Odisha In 3 Days

Twenty people died due to sunstroke in Odisha over the last three days as the State was reeling under intense heatwave conditions, an official statement said.

Since Friday, a total of 99 suspected sunstroke deaths were reported by different districts. After post-mortem and inquiry, 20 were confirmed as sunstroke deaths, while two deaths



happened due to other causes, said the statement issued by the State’s Special Relief Commission.

An investigation is underway in the rest of the cases, it added. Prior to this, 42 suspected sunstroke deaths were reported, and of them six cases were confirmed, and it was found that another six deaths happened due to other causes, the statement said.