City likely to witness hot and humid conditions for the next seven days
BY Team MP4 Jun 2017 11:07 PM IST
Team MP4 Jun 2017 11:07 PM IST
The city on Sunday witnessed hot and uncomfortable weather conditions with the maximum daytime temperature reaching 37 degrees and the maximum humidity at 78 percent.
The weather was so uncomfortable that most people avoided going out of their homes in the afternoon. Most of the roads, areas which are usually crowded during the day, looked vacant in between the morning and the afternoon. However, the match between India and Pakistan in Birmingham's Edgbaston Cricket Ground was also a reason for the streets being deserted as people stayed inside to watch the game.
The Regional Meteorological Centre, Kolkata indicated that the uncomfortable weather is likely to continue in the city for the next seven to eight days. Monsoon may hit the city after June 8 but the daytime temperature is not expected to drop drastically, according to meteorologists.
Meanwhile, one 35-year-old Arjun Barik died in Jhargram district on Sunday. Local residents claimed that the extreme heat was the cause behind his death as he had collapsed on the roadside. Barik, an auto-rickshaw driver, was taken to a hospital where he was declared brought dead upon arrival.
The MeT office spotted a cyclonic circulation over East Uttar Pradesh and adjoining Bihar. A trough is extending towards Chhattisgarh and as a result, some parts of Bengal, including Kolkata, may witness pre-monsoon rains.
Kolkata has witnessed hot and humid weather conditions for the past few weeks as the maximum daytime temperature touched 42 degrees Celsius this summer.
"Buying an air-conditioner and bearing its electricity expenses is a tough job for a middle class person. But I took a loan from a finance company to buy an AC for my family," said Anik Ghosh, a resident of Salt Lake.
Weathermen believe that such a heat wave is normal before the onset of
monsoon. The temperature is expected to decrease by the end of June.
Doctors advised people to avoid cut fruits being sold on the roadside. "These fruits can prove harmful if they are kept under unhygienic conditions. The cut fruits being sold in roadside stalls in the city are an open invitation to ailments, especially those related to the stomach," said Surjya Jyoti Chowdhuri, doctor at a state-run hospital.
Several vendors can be seen selling cut fruits in roadside stalls in different parts of Kolkata. During lunch time scores of people eat these fruits, unaware of the serious health hazard they pose. The reason for this is that the vendors rarely clean or cover the fruits properly.
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