Hot winds coupled with temperature hovering at 43 degree Celsuis is making life miserable for people at Warangal, Mahabubabad, Bhupalpalli, Jangaon and other places.
The temperature in Hanamkonda touched 45 degrees on Tuesday. At Mahabubabad it was 48 degrees, Bhupalpalli 47, Jangaon 45 and Warangal rural 45 degrees Celsius.
A curfew like situation is prevailing with people preferring to stay indoors fearing sunstroke.
Dr M Seshu Madhav advised people to stay indoors to avoid sunstroke and also take plenty of water and liquids in the form of fruit juices. “We should protect ourselves for the new two weeks,” he said.
Prof K Jaya Kumar of National Institute of Technology (NIT) said the temperatures are likely to go up further next few weeks. “The trend is there will be less gap between high and low temperature. That means even night temperature will also be higher than what it was,” he explained. According to him, there used to be a difference of 19 degrees between high and low temperatures with night times being cooler than day time.
Temperatures rising
Henceforth, it would not be the case and temperatures keep rising. “This year even hill stations registered three degree more temperature than usual,” he said.
Environment activist V. Gurunadha Rao said a heat wave is a period of abnormally high temperatures, more than the normal maximum temperature that occurs during the summer season in Telangana.
The extreme temperatures and resultant atmospheric conditions adversely affect people living in these regions as they cause physiological stress, sometimes resulting in death, he explained.
Mr Seshu Madhav said special care should be taken for children with continuous supplementing of water in the body by way of oral rehydration syrup and swiping body with wet cloth.
