Japanese Tourist Dies from Heart Attack in India
A Japanese tourist died on Friday by suffering from a heart attack while he was visiting India's historic Taj Mahal monument, a tourism police official said.
The 66 yeas old was visiting the site with three other friends as well as a local guide when he collapsed just after climbing the stairs at the white marble tomb, said the officer who was in charge of the tourist police station in Agra.
"He was rushed in an ambulance to the hospital but he could not be revived. A postmortem was carried out and the cause of death is heart attack. We had to inform the Japanese Embassy about the unfortunate incident." he officer said.
A postmortem was carried out and the cause of death is heart attack. We have duly informed the Japanese Embassy about the unfortunate incident."
Police release the name of the person passed away, Hideto Ueda.
The Taj is India's top tourist attraction and was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a tomb for his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died while giving birth in 1631. More than ten thousand tourists visits this place in a day from all around the world.
The temperature India is extremely high and it can reach around 50 degree Celsius. A Huge amount of tourists and locals suffer from heatstroke and many dies in India. You can find asphalt roads being melt from the high temperature and strong sun rays in cities on India.
The extreme temperature is closely linked with the global warming. Cutting tree not only raise the temperature but cause less rain to be fallen from the sky. Therefore less factor to decrease the temperature and temperature stays high for a long period of time by strong sun rays. The natural disaster hits the poor people and people working under the sun straight away. It is reported that more than one thousand Indians has died from the heatstroke this year.
