A woman protecting her children from sweltering heat with her 'chunni' at Governorpet in Vijayawada on Friday. Photo: Ch. Vijaya Bhaskar
Roads wear a deserted look with people staying indoors to avoid the heat wave conditions near Kanakadurgamma Varadhi on NH-5 in Vijayawada on Saturday. Photo: Ch. Vijaya Bhaskar
A family engages in sale of icre cream at Manginapudi Beach in Krishna District on a hot summer evening with heat wave conditions prevailing. Photo: T. Appala Naidu
CANINE WOES: A dog, a victim of heat stroke, being administered saline at a veterinary hospital in Vijayawada on Saturday. Photo: Ch.Vijaya Bhaskar
Girls use their dupattas as veils to cover faces to protect from the scorching heat in Vijayawada on Saturday. The city is sizzling hot with the temperatures soaring to 47 degrees Celcius. Photo: Ch. Vijaya Bhaskar
People protecting themselves from the heat wave in Vijayawada on on Saturday as mercury levels reached 47 degrees on Saturday. Photo: V. Raju
With mercury levels shooting up, a cyclist using an umbrella to protect from scorching heat in Vijayawada on Saturday. Photo: V. Raju
Fruit vendors taking a short nap to get relief from unbearable heat conditions in Vijayawada on Friday. Photo: Ch. Vijaya Bhaskar
People riding two wheelers have no choice but to protect their faces from the blazing hot winds whipping across the face, in Vijayawada on Friday. Photo: V. Raju
A service organisation serving buttermilk to the passers-by is thronged by scores of people who pause to wet their parched throats here on Dornakal Road entrance on Eluru Road in Vijayawada. Photo: V. Raju
THE HEAT IS ON: With the mercury shooting up, multiple mirages appear on BRTS Road in Vijayawada on Friday. Photo: V. Raju
With no respite from high levels of temperature even during nights, residents are having a tough time. An old man sleeps in the traffic island at Mogalrajpuram in Vijayawada. Photo: V. Raju
A man riding a two-wheeler along with his two kids take refuge under hat to protect from sun rays on M G Road in Vijayawada. Photo: Ch. Vijaya Bhaskar