Assam reels under unseasonal heat wave, water shortage

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On April 24, the Kamrup metro district administration in Assam issued a directive to all the schools and colleges in its jurisdiction to stay closed the next two days. Authorities in some other districts in the state, including Goalpara and Morigaon, followed suit.

 

The reason was something unheard of in the state in April—extreme heat had broken all previous records.

 

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