Heatwave conditions to continue: IMD

New Delhi, Apr 29: Heatwave conditions are likely to continue over several parts in central and east India till May 10, the MeT department has said.

"Heatwave conditions are likely to continue over parts of Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, east Madhya Pradesh, north Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha for the next 15 days (from April 26).

Night minimum temperatures are likely to remain within the normal range outside western Himalayan region,"

said in a forecast.

The government had on Monday said heatwave claimed 4,204 lives in the last four years. 87 sunstroke deaths were reported this year till March 31.

PTI