Meghdoot | 78 dead within 3 days due to heatwave in Bihar

At least 78 people have died in three districts of Bihar as a blistering heatwave swept several places in the state, officials said on Sunday. Thirty people have lost their lives due to the sweltering heat in Aurangabad, while 20 have died in Gaya and 11 in Nawada district so far since Saturday, Disaster Management Department's Principal Secretary Pratyaya Amrit said.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has expressed grief over the deaths due to "loo" and heatstroke in the three districts, and has announced a payment of Rs four lakh as ex-gratia to the next of kin of those killed, an official release said.