Heatwave has claimed over 4,000 lives in the last four years, with 87 people succumbing to heatwave this year until March, the government said on Wednesday.
In a written response to a question in Lok Sabha asked by over nine MPs, YS Chowdary, MoS for Earth Sciences, said in the last four years, 4,204 people have died due to heatwave. In 2013, 1,433 people died due to heatwave of which 1,393 were from undivided Andhra Pradesh. In 2014, the figure dipped to 549, but rose to 2,135 in 2015, with Andhra Pradesh recording over 1,422 deaths, followed by 584 in Telangana.
Until March this year, the intense heatwave has claimed 87 lives, with Telangana topping the list with 56 deaths, followed by 19 in Odisha.