Bhubaneswar, April 29 -- Forget noon, it has almost become impossible to venture out of homes after 9:30 am owing to severe heatwave conditions that have been prevailing in different parts of Odisha. Be it office goers, daily workers, elderly persons or children, every living individual is facing a lot of hardship to mitigate the intense hot and humid conditions.

With no forecast of major rain-related activities, people have no other option than to seek alternative measures to keep themselves and their family members protected from the scorching heatwave conditions.

"As online classes are being conducted in private schools, the children are not exposed to scorching heat. We are regularly providing liquid diet including fruit juices, ORS...