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2 children die of sunstroke

Chandigarh, May 10
The oppressive heat wave, sweeping through the north-west region for the past three days has claimed the lives of two children in Punjab.

With day temperatures reigning 4°C to 7°C above normal at many a place and keeping in view scorching summer heat, timings of all government and private schools in Faridkot district have been changed from tomorrow. The schools would open at 7.30 a.m. and close at 12.30 p.m., Deputy Commissioner Venu Prasad said today.

Reports said Rajinder Kumar (9) and Daljit Kumar (11), sons of Baldev Kumar, died of sunstroke at Matoi village near Malerkotla yesterday. `The industrial town of Ludhiana was the hottest in Punjab today reporting the high of 45.3°C, five degrees above normal. UNI