More than 50 people have died in India over the past three days as a brutal heat spell continues to grip parts of the country, a news release from the BBC has declared.

We also learned that about 33 people died in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh over the weekend due to the heat.

These included people involved in the general election, including polling officials, security guards and sanitation staff – Saturday was the last phase of voting. Who knows, the stress could have also been a culprit.

In Odisha (Orissa) state,it was reported that about 20 people died due to heat stroke, officials said.

Every five years, India holds its general election in the summer months of April and May.

But this year, the temperatures have been record-breaking, with the country experiencing frequent, more intense and longer heatwaves. The situation has been blamed on heatwave.