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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Over 80% rise in heat wave days in 2019, Rajasthan worst-hit -Aanchal Magazine

Over 80% rise in heat wave days in 2019, Rajasthan worst-hit -Aanchal Magazine

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published Published on Aug 4, 2020   modified Modified on Aug 5, 2020

-The Indian Express

The data shows that acute respiratory infection led to 3,740 deaths in 2018 -- the highest in six years (according to these provisional estimates). The highest number of deaths due to acute respiratory infection were reported in West Bengal (732), followed by Uttar Pradesh (699), Andhra Pradesh (587), Delhi (492).

After declining for two years, the average number of heat wave days increased 82.6 per cent year-on-year to 157 in 2019, with the highest number recorded in Rajasthan (20 days) followed by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand (13 days each), the state-wise data in the EnviStats India 2020 report released by National Statistical Office (NSO) showed. The reversal of trend led to 2019 being the year with the third highest number of heat wave days in the decade after 254 days in 2010 and 189 days in 2012. The number of average cold wave days also reported an increase, though the latest data is for 2018 in the case: 45 in 2018, a rise of 55.2 per cent from 29 in 2017.

The data shows that acute respiratory infection led to 3,740 deaths in 2018 — the highest in six years (according to these provisional estimates). The highest number of deaths due to acute respiratory infection were reported in West Bengal (732), followed by Uttar Pradesh (699), Andhra Pradesh (587), Delhi (492).

Among the seven metropolitan cities — Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai — in 2018, particulate matter size less than or equal to 10 µm was the highest in Delhi (243), followed by Ahmedabad (236) and Mumbai (166). Delhi’s particulate matter increased by 0.8 per cent year-on-year, while that for Ahmedabad increased by 96 per cent and Mumbai increased by 9.9 per cent in 2018.

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The Indian Express, 4 August, 2020, https://indianexpress.com/article/india/over-80-rise-in-heat-wave-days-in-2019-rajasthan-worst-hit-6537261/


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