MULTAN,May 25th: Another eleven persons including four women have died of heat strike as mercury swelleds to 48 degree celsius on Tuesday. Provincial Health Coordinator Tariq Rasheed Sheikh said," we have received reports of eleven heat-related casualties in Southern Punjab during last 24 hours on Tuesday," He told that one person died in Yazman, three each in Sadiqabad and Sahiwal, Two in Vehari, One each in Burewala and Lodhran. Livestock department said,"hundreds of cattle heads in South Punjab particularly in Cholistan desert due to heat strike," The plains of Punjab including the Multan city remained in the grip of severe heat wave on Tuesday with experts predicting the same weather conditions to persist during the next couple of days. People avoided unnecessarily coming out on roads that caused considerable decrease in traffic at noon in major cities of the South Punjab including Multan, Bahawalpur, Rahimyarkhan, Dera Ghazi Khan. Bahawalnagar remained the hottest place in the province where mercury rose as high as 49.2 degree Celsius.Sikandari Nullah, Shujabad, Multan canals attracted a large number of people including women and children at noon and in the afternoon. Not only youths but also elderly people were seen beating the heat by taking a dip in the mud colour canal water. At some places, even women were seen taking a bath in the canal water. On Tuesday, maximum and minimum temperature in the City was recorded 48 C and 30.8 C respectively. Relative humidity in the morning was recorded 29 percent, which decreased to 15 percent in the evening. Local meteorological department has forecast mainly hot and dry weather over most parts of the country including the City during the next 24 hours.