A recent study by an environmental outfit and a non-profit organisation, ‘Poovulagin Nanbargal’, has found that extreme heat stress levels that prevailed during Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) conference held in Madurai on August 21, 2025 were high enough to cause fainting within an hour and potentially death within 30 minutes of exposure.
This incident is only part of a growing pattern of heat-related tragedies in Tamil Nadu and across India, says ‘Poovulagin Nanbargal’. Prior instances, include the first TVK mega-conference in Vikravandi in October 2024, where similar symptoms of mass fatigue and fainting were observed, and the Chennai Air Show, where five people lost their lives due to heat-related causes.
