Telangana reeling under severe heat wave

Telangana is reeling under severe heat wave with the temperature crossing 46 degrees Celsius in seven districts.

According to the Telangana State Development Planning Society, Gudapur in Nalgonda district recorded 46.6 degrees Celsius, while Mangapet in Mulugu district, Munagala in Suryapet, Chandur in Nalgonda, and Bhadrachalam in Bhadradri Kothagudem district recorded a maximum temperature of 46.5 degrees.

Timmapur in Nalgonda, Wyra and Khanapur in Khammam, and Mutharam in Peddapalli recorded 46.4 degrees Celsius.

Meanwhile, the Hyderabad Meteorological Centre has forecast that the heat wave conditions are likely to continue for the next four days.

The Met centre has also issued a red alert for Jagtial, Jangaon, Karimnagar, Khammam, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Peddapalle and Rajanna Sircilla districts on May 3 as the temperature is likely to cross 44 degrees Celsius.

The state government has issued an advisory appealing people to take precautions, not to ignore the heat, and not to step out of their homes.

The government advised people to stay in shaded cool areas to the extent possible over the next few days The Director of Health and Family Welfare urged people to be careful and not risk their health and lives by going out in the sun, especially between noon and 3 p.m.

The advisory asked people to not go out barefoot, avoid cooking during peak summer hours, open doors and windows to ventilate the cooking area adequately, and avoid alcohol, tea, coffee and carbonated soft drinks or drinks with large amounts of sugar – as these actually lead to loss of more body-fluid or may cause stomach cramps.