Hot weather conditions continued unabated in many parts of the country on Saturday with Bikaner and Banda in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh both recording a maximum temperature of 46 degrees Celsius.
Jaisalmer and Sriganganagar in Rajasthan recorded a maximum of 44.5 degrees whereas Churu settled at 45.4 degrees, Met department said.
Delhiites continued to reel under scorching heat for the second consecutive day, with the maximum temperature settling at 42.3 degrees, three notches above the season’s average.
In southern state of Telangana, heat wave conditions prevailed at isolated places with Hyderabad receiving sporadic rains.
“Heat wave conditions are very likely to prevail at isolated places in districts of Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Medak and Khammam of Telangana during next 48 hours,” a Meteorological Department bulletin said. In Punjab and Haryana, the maximum temperatures stayed above 40 degrees with the blistering heat wave sweeping across the two States.
Hisar at 44 degrees
Haryana’s Hisar at 44 degrees was the hottest place in the States, even as the city was lashed by overnight rains at 1.3 mm, MeT department report said.
Union Territory Chandigarh, with overnight rainfall of 0.7 mm, recorded its high at 40.3 degrees Celsius, one notch above normal. - PTI
