There has been a significant rise in temperatures in the last one week making life difficult for the residents of erstwhile Warangal district. The temperature that was 34 degrees Celsius on Monday has steadily risen to cross 41 degrees and has been there for the last three days.
The blazing sun is forcing people to stay indoors in towns and villages as well. People are preferring to complete their outdoor work early in the day and after 5 p.m. The roads in urban areas — Mahabubabad, Jangaon, Warangal urban and rural and Bhupalpally — were wearing a deserted look throughout the day.
Senior physician and former principal of Kakatiya Medical College T. Surender advised people against going out in the sun. The dehydration and other complications would lead to high blood pressures, giddiness and other risks. “It is better to stay indoors and take rest rather going out from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.,” he said.
“Children are more vulnerable and they cannot endure fluctuating and high temperatures. They should be administered oral rehydration solutions and kept in cool weather conditions,” noted paediatrician Maganti Seshu Madhav said.
Cattle grazers
In the erstwhile Medak district, high temperatures are forcing people to stay indoors between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Even on Thursday, Siddipet and Medak districts recorded 42.9 degrees Celsius temperature while Sangareddy has registered 41.5 degrees C. Minimum temperature at Siddipet was 23 degrees C, in Medak it was 21.9 C and at Sangareddy it was 22 degrees C. At many places the temperatures were raising two to three degrees above normal. Out of the 33 automatic weather stations established in the district except few stations like Almaipet, Rudraram and Kankol majority stations have been registering temperatures more than 40 degrees.
The cattle and farmers are worst hit. Unable to graze the cattle in scorching heat, the farmers were returning home early in the afternoon. “We are unable to graze the cattle due to severe heat and returning home by 12 noon. We do not know how to pass the next three months,” said Golla Vithal a farmer of Lakdaram village.
