At least 33 Indian polling staff died on the last day of voting from heatstroke in just one state, a top election official said Sunday, after scorching temperatures gripped swathes of the country.
Polling officials gather to submit electronic voting machines and other polling materials at a collection centre in Varanasi on June 1, 2024, at the end of the seventh and final phase of voting in India 's general election.LUCKNOW, India —
Navdeep Rinwa, chief electoral officer for the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where voting in the seventh and final stage of elections ended Saturday, said 33 polling personnel died due to the heat."A monetary compensation of 1.5 million rupees will be provided to the families of the deceased," Rinwa told reporters.
"The voter was transported to a health facility, where he was pronounced dead upon arrival," Rinwa said.But years of scientific research have found climate change is causing heatwaves to become longer, more frequent and more intense. Mexico has registered 48 deaths in a series of heat waves since March, the government said Friday, as scientists warned that...
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