<p class="title">Over 3,500 people died due to heat wave in the country in the last three years, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rijiju said 2,040 people died due to heat wave in 2015, as many as 1,114 in 2016 and 384 in 2017.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Of the total casualties due to heat wave, the highest, 2,381 people, died in Andhra Pradesh in the last three years, he said is a written reply.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Minister of State for Home said in 2018, so far, 22 people have lost their lives due to heat wave. </p>
<p class="title">Over 3,500 people died due to heat wave in the country in the last three years, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rijiju said 2,040 people died due to heat wave in 2015, as many as 1,114 in 2016 and 384 in 2017.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Of the total casualties due to heat wave, the highest, 2,381 people, died in Andhra Pradesh in the last three years, he said is a written reply.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Minister of State for Home said in 2018, so far, 22 people have lost their lives due to heat wave. </p>