Rajasthan City Sri Ganganagar Touches 48¡ãC, Witnesses The Hottest Day Of The Season
Heatwaves continued in Rajasthan for the third consecutive day on Thursday. Sriganganagar witnessed the hottest day of the season with temperatures rising to 48 degree Celsius.
More than half of India especially the Northern region is reeling under immense heatwave conditions. Few days ago on May 28, Chandrapur city in Maharashtra had become the hottest city in the world for that particular day at 47.8¡ãC. Three days later, another Indian city Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan was boiling at 48¡ãC. If it is the hottest city in the world, that remains to be seen but the manner in which temperatures are rising is a worrying sign for all.
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Not only Rajasthan, even Haryana, Delhi and Punjab are bearing the brunt of the sweltering heatwave conditions. The national capital recorded the maximum temperature this month at 43.1 degrees Celsius. The minimum was recorded at 23.6 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal.
The maximum temperature in Bikaner and Ganganagar was recorded at 46.8 degree Celsius and IT crossed the 45-degree Celsius mark in Jaisalmer, Kota and Barmer.
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The surge in the day temperature resulted in less movement of people on the city roads while youngsters were seen taking baths in canals and other water bodies.
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Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions are likely to continue over Vidarbha, in some parts of Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha over the next 2-3 days, according to the Indian Meteorological Department.