At least 76 dead by a heat wave in northern India | Chronic

According to local authorities, at least 76 people have died and 100 others have been hospitalized in the last 36 hours under the effect of the heat wave that affects the state of Bihar, in the north of the country. 39; India.

Gaya district, located about 100 km from Patna, the capital of Bihar, is one of the most affected by the high temperatures that reached 50 degrees last week in several states.

"A hundred people have been hospitalized since Saturday affected by the heat wave"he said Vijay Kumar, spokesman of the Gaya Ministry of Health, quoted by the agency Efe.

The number of deaths in the region "could increase", as the authorities "continue to collect information about the last 24 hours "warned the spokesman.

Due to the overwhelming temperatures, the district administration has banned "Mbadive public meetings" and the "construction work and high physical demand" between 11 and 16 years old.

Meanwhile, the local meteorological institute recommended to citizens "Avoid exposure to heat, stay near cool places and be hydrated."

"The arrival of heat generates an absence of rain and aggravates the general problems of access to water, because the wells that feed the villages are drying up", finished the institute.