Merciless North India heatwave kills three in Madhya Pradesh

Intense heat wave sweeping Madhya Pradesh has claimed three lives in the state since yesterday, police said today. [caption id=“attachment_801631” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image from Reuters[/caption] A 50-year-old man died due to severe heat in Sagar last evening, while another youth was found dead under a mango tree on National highway No 26, they said. A trainee constable also died following heat stroke at the Police Training School in Gwalior yesterday. On Monday, Khajuraho remained the hottest in MP with a day temperature of 46.7 degrees C even as the capital sweltered at 44.3 degrees C. The Met department has said that the extreme heat wave is likely to last another week. PTI