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2010-04-10 02:53:48 - Heat Wave - India EDIS CODE: HT-20100410-25632-IND Date & Time: 2010-04-10 02:53:48 [UTC] Area: India, State of Gujarat, , Sabarkantha Number of death person(s): 2 Not confirmed information! Description: Two persons died due to heatstroke in Gujarat's Himmatnagar district which is reeling under a heat wave, police said. 40-year-old Mukeshbhai Naik succumbed to heatstroke while working in his field at village Choteumdepura in Idar taluka yesterday, they said. Mercury soared to 44.6 degrees Celsius in Idar today, Met officials said. In another incident, a body of an unidentified man aged between 40-45 years was found near a temple yesterday. According to police, he died of heatstroke.
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