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• temperature more than 50 Degree Celsius have affected millions of people of
• he State of Rajasthan and across the nation
• Due to extreme weather conditions in the form of heatwave, hundreds of people have lost their lives in this month.
• The more lethal heatwave in the globe was the one that crippled Europe in 2003 killing 71,310 people. In the list of top ten deadliest disaster, Indian heatwaves figure four-five times in 1998, 2002, 2003, 2015 and this year-2004.
• Unfortunately the poor who are poorly fed and have no option but to work in the scorching heat and chilling cold to get two square meals are vulnerable to these extreme weather conditions and lose their lives.

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