Lucknow : The severe heat wave is scorching the entire Ganga-Yamuna plain including Kanpur. Along with this, the average speed of the westerly wind blowing from west to east also increased from 7.1 km per hour on Sunday to 9.1 km per hour on Monday. Due to this, the hope of easterly wind blowing due to weakening of the westerly wind has also been shattered. Now there is no possibility of any relief in the weather for the next three days.

32 people died due to heat stroke in Varanasi till late Monday night. However, doctors are giving different reasons for the deaths. They say that the weather is affecting physically weak and unhealthy people more. Death due to heat stroke can be confirmed only through postmortem.

16 deaths occurred in Kanpur. Three bodies were found at the station. Eight people including a father and son died in Fatehpur. 27-year-old Anshu Dubey fainted after getting fever. He died after some time. When the 62-year-old father returned after cremating his only son, he also died of heat stroke.

Yes, 15 people died in Hamirpur, 12 in Chitrakoot and 10 in Banda. Three people each died in Unnao and Kannauj, two each in Auraiya-Mahoba, one each in Kanpur Dehat and Etawah. Five people died in Chandauli, four in Ghazipur and five in Mirzapur. 

Waiting for monsoon increased

The monsoon, which has stalled in the eastern parts of West Bengal and Bihar, is being eagerly awaited. When the speed of the westerly winds, which were blowing at an average speed of 10.1 km on Saturday, slowed down on Sunday, the hope of meteorologists about the monsoon moving towards Uttar Pradesh turned into despair on Monday. On Monday, the maximum temperature in many districts went up by four to nine degrees above normal.

Meteorologist Dr. SN Sunil Pandey said that the reason for this is that every year the effect of monsoon used to be visible around 17 June and the temperature used to remain under control. This year the condition of severe heat will continue for at least three more days.

There is a possibility of relief only after 20

According to the meteorologist, the temperature is expected to start falling gradually from June 20. As long as the speed of the westerly wind remains high, the monsoon will not arrive at its speed. The other way is that stormy winds start from the Bay of Bengal which reach UP at a speed of at least 15 to 20 km per hour. Only then will the intensity of the hot air arriving with the westerly wind reduce and monsoon clouds will arrive.