Residents of steel city are having a difficult time beating the heat, with the mercury soaring to 42 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. Roads and streets in the steel city wore a deserted look on Tuesday with people staying indoors because of severe heat wave conditions.
Moreover, cases of heatstroke are on rise as city continues to reel under maximum temperature. Nursing homes and other private hospitals have received several intense cases of heatstroke and preventive measures are being taken to deal with the situation. With temperature shooting up, many people have been attacked with cold and cough, seasonal flu and jaundice also.
Superintendent of MGM Medical College and Hospital SS Prasad said two to three persons on an average were being hospitalised due heatstroke for the past few days.
Meanwhile, meteorological office has extended its heat wave warning for two more days as a severe heat wave sat smack over Chottanagpur plateau region. The office issued warning and that said severe heat wave conditions are likely over parts of Kolhan during the next two days.
“We are keeping a vigil on the prevailing conditions. The maximum temperature will continue to rise due to the westerly winds dominating the State. The westerly winds are expected to blow till around first week of May,” a weather analyst of local metrological department.
He further said the present weather pattern will prevail for two more days and the city is likely to experience day temperature peaking beyond 42 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, coconut vendors and juice shops made brisk business as weary motorists stopped by to have a respite from the scorching sun.
“The present weather condition is getting beyond imagination. Travelling on the roads is now tiring due to the unrelenting heat. This year, it already feels like we are in the middle of May. I am planning to allow my children to play only indoor games this summer,” said Tulsi Sengupta, a resident of Kadma.
Delay in Mango Water project add to woes, water pipeline leaks
Jamshedpur: The delay in commencement of Mango drinking water project has added woes to the residents. At present, against a demand for six million litres per day, nearly three lakh residents of Mango get less than two million litres per day water from the existing water tower.
The Mango project — aiming to supply 48 million litres per day — started in 2005 as a public-private partnership between State drinking water and Sanitation department and Tata Steel subsidiary Jusco.
The Rs64.18 crore ambitious drinking water project, as per affidavit filed by East Singhbhum district administration before Jharkhand High Court in December last year, was to commence from March 31, 2013.
To utter surprise on Tuesday, residents of Ulidih, Sankosai and several shops and establishment on the Dimna Road saw water gushing on to the Dimna Road from a leaked water pipeline at Kalikanagar. Mango Nagar Vikas Samity (MNVS) president Vijay Tiwary informed the drinking water and sanitation department that water was still gushing on to the road. The MNVS members have threatened to stage demonstration before the East Singhbhum DC Himani Pande on Wednesday morning if the leakages are not plugged.