Bhubaneswar: With the death of another six persons in the past 24 hours, the sun stroke death toll in the State during this summer season has increased to 30.
During this summer season till Monday, 147 cases of alleged sun stroke death have been reported, of which, 30 have been confirmed due to heat-related illness while 20 cases are found to be not due to sun stroke. Remaining 97 cases are pending for inquiry, said office of Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) today.
A total of six suspected sunstroke deaths were reported by different districts during the last 24 hours. After post-mortem and inquiry, four were confirmed as sunstroke deaths. An investigation is underway in the rest of the cases, it added.
As on June 2, 141 suspected sunstroke deaths were reported in the state, and of them 26 cases were confirmed, and it was found that another eight deaths happened due to other causes.
Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena and Special Relief Commissioner Satyabrata Sahu reviewed the situation with the district collectors on Sunday.
They instructed the district administrations to implement the advisory on heatwave, and take precautionary measures.
The districts were also asked to ensure post-mortem examination of every suspected sunstroke death for sanction of ex-gratia.Also, a joint inquiry by the local revenue officer and the local medical officer needs to be conducted to ascertain the exact cause of each death, officials said.