With the day time
temperatures rising across the state, fruits like watermelon are such
in demand. Meanwhile, people living in the interiors are struggling to
cope with water shortage.
Adilabad is
experiencing day time temperatures between 30° C to 40° C, forcing the people
to confine themselves indoors, especially in the afternoons.
Markets are dotted
with the fruits like watermelon, muskmelon, grapes, coconut, sapota, orange and
sugarcane and traders are doing brisk business. Middlemen are also making brisk
business with the leafy vegetables in the local markets.
Sugarcane juice is the
flavor of the season and man care crushing centers have sprung up in Adilabad
town. Needless to say, business is good. Farmers have taken to watermelon
cultivation in Adilabad and Kumarambheem Asifabad districts and fruit
vendors are also importing them from bordering Maharashtra. Water-based fruits
are preferred t overcome dehydration, a major cause for worry during the
summers. .
Dr Naitham Sumalatha,
MD, a general physician in Adilabad towns said that people must take more
liquids and sufficient water to avoid electrolytes imbalance in the body and
dehydration caused by hot weather conditions. She said that cotton clothes
help in keeping the body cool.
She said that people
complain of headache and fall sick with sunstroke when exposed to
blistering heat for a sustained period of time.
Doctors advised the
people to cover the head with cloth for protection against heatwaves and
dehydration and take more water at the regular intervals to remain
hydrated and keep primary medical kits on hand for people working under the hot
sun. Students writing their examinations must take extra precautions to
avoid sunstroke and dehydration.
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