A large part of India is in the grip of extreme heat and a TV host fainted during a live television broadcast.
Lopamdra Sinha, anchor of the state-run DD News in West Bengal, was reading a bulletin (newspaper) when her health began to deteriorate and she fainted while the cameras were rolling.
Recounting the incident on her Facebook (id), Sinha said that she was not feeling well before the telecast but carried a water bottle to keep herself hydrated during the telecast.
“During the live news, my blood pressure dropped so low, I fainted,” she said in a video recorded in Bengali. I was feeling sick for a long time. I thought a little water would fix it.’
However, he said that he did not get a chance to drink water and eventually ‘darkness fell before his eyes.’
Ironically, Sinha fainted while reading the heat wave section of the bulletin following completing the first two sections.
He said in the video that ‘I thought I would finish the remaining four news. I somehow completed two. Number three was the (news) of Hate Wave. While reading it, I slowly started to feel worse. I thought I would finish and tried to control myself, but I mightn’t.
‘During the news, I mightn’t see anymore. The teleprompter went dim, and darkness fell before my eyes.’
He said in the video that the TV studio was fully air-conditioned but the AC was not working that day and it got hot with the studio lights on.
India’s Federal Meteorological Department has issued a severe heatwave alert in parts of India where temperatures have reached 42 to 44 degrees Celsius.
In India, severe heatwaves started in March and April, which had a huge impact on agricultural production.
A heat wave alert has been issued in Odisha and West Bengal till April 22 where the temperature is likely to rise above 40 degrees Celsius.
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India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Murtyunjay Mahapatra said earlier this month that India is likely to experience above-normal daytime heat between April and June, prompting the government’s decision to reduce food prices. Efforts will be hampered.
The third consecutive year of heat wave is likely to affect the production of wheat, mustard and chickpeas while also increasing the demand for power in summer.
India, the world’s second largest wheat producer, is particularly susceptible to these effects.
Due to severe weather conditions, the West Bengal government has had to announce summer vacation in government schools in the state from April 22. The government has asked the district administration to arrange drinking water tankers in water-scarce areas.
The first death due to heatstroke in Orissa was reported on Friday. News agency PTI quoted an official of the Special Relief Commissioner’s office as saying that 62-year-old Lakshmi Kant Sahu died of heat stroke on April 15.
This global warming is partly attributed to the El Nino phenomenon. This is a natural climate phenomenon that warms the central Pacific and changes global weather patterns.
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2024-07-06 09:16:56
