Heat wave in Odisha: People advised to stay indoors till 4 PM

Bhubaneswar:  The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Regional Centre here cautioned that heatwave condition is most likely to continue in the state today and advised the people to remain indoors till 4 PM today.

“Heat wave conditions over some districts of Odisha is likely to continue for next 24 hours. People of the warned districts are advised to avoid direct heat exposure till 4 PM,” said a bulletin issued by the MeT centre earlier in the day.

Issuing Orange warning, the weathermen yesterday cautioned that heat wave conditions at many places with severe heat wave at isolated places most likely to prevail over as many as 21 districts included Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Deogarh, Bargarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Sonepur, Boudh, Kandhamal, Nuapada, Balangir, Kalahandi, Nayagarh, Khordha, Cuttack, Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore.