Scorching summer has taken the lives of four persons within six days from May 20 to 25 in the Gajapati district headquarters town of Parlakhemundi.
Since past few days, the people of the district reeled under the heat wave and humidity. The district recorded the temperature 43 degree Celsius on Saturday till there were showers of rain on Sunday.
A fourth class Government employee of District Planning Office, Ramachandra Mali (53), died on May 20 and a labourer, Bhaskar Mali, of Badakatturu under Gosani block died on May 24. A 56-year-old woman of Gajendra Sahi fell unconscious in the afternoon on May 25 and died shortly thereafter.
A poor physically handicapped person, Bhenkat Rao (30), of Dabidi village under Goshani block also died of sunstroke, leaving behind his wife and two children. The villagers demand Government help to his family.