Merciless North India heatwave kills three in Madhya Pradesh

Intense heat wave sweeping Madhya Pradesh has claimed three lives in the state since yesterday, police said today.[caption id="attachment_801631" align="alignleft" width="380"] Representational image from Reuters[/caption]A 50-year-old man died due to severe heat in Sagar last evening, while another youth was found dead under a mango tree on National highway No 26, they said.A trainee constable also died following heat stroke at the Police Training School in Gwalior yesterday.On Monday, Khajuraho remained the hottest in MP with a day temperature of 46.7 degrees C even as the capital sweltered at 44.3 degrees C.The Met department has said that the extreme heat wave is likely to last another week.PTI