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Agence France-Presse

Four people died in “unbearable” heat while travelling by train in northern India, which has been in the grip of a heatwave for two weeks, officials and passengers said Tuesday.
The four died on Monday while travelling from Agra – the city of the Taj Mahal – to Coimbatore in the country’s south.
Water shortages and heatstroke warnings as temperatures pass 50 Celsius in Indian heatwave
“Heat seems to be a factor,” Indian Railways spokesman Ajit Kumar Singh said, “it is really unfortunate”.
“When the train was approaching Jhansi, we got a call from the on-board staff that one of the passengers is unconscious.
“We rushed medical staff to the station but they found that three of the passengers were already dead.”
A fourth person died later in hospital.




Temperatures have hovered around 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in Jhansi, in northern Uttar Pradesh state, in recent days.
Singh said the Kerala Express train had no technical problems, but the tourists were not in air-conditioned coaches.
A passenger who was a part of the group that boarded in Agra said the train was stiflingly hot.
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“Shortly after we left Agra, the heat became unbearable and some people started complaining of breathing problems and uneasiness,” the passenger was quoted as saying by News18 television.
“Before we could get some help, they collapsed.”
One of the dead was 81 years old, the channel said.

Much of India has been sweltering in temperatures that have risen above 50 degrees in northern Rajasthan state. A number of deaths from heatstroke have been reported.
Temperatures touched 50.3 degrees in the Rajasthan town of Churu recently, just below India’s record of 51 degrees.


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The four died on Monday while travelling from Agra – the city of the Taj Mahal – to Coimbatore in the country’s south
A spokesman said the train had no technical problems, but the tourists were not in air-conditioned coaches


The four died on Monday while travelling from Agra – the city of the Taj Mahal – to Coimbatore in the country’s south. They were not in air-conditioned coaches.


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Four passengers die in ‘unbearable’ heat on Indian train

The four died on Monday while travelling from Agra – the city of the Taj Mahal – to Coimbatore in the country’s south A spokesman said the train had no technical problems, but the tourists were not in air-conditioned coaches

The four died on Monday while travelling from Agra – the city of the Taj Mahal – to Coimbatore in the country’s south

A spokesman said the train had no technical problems, but the tourists were not in air-conditioned coaches