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Five die in Maharashtra as intense heat torments large parts of India

by IBNS 30 Mar 2017, 12:46 am

New Delhi, Mar 30 (IBNS): Five people have died of heat stroke in Maharashtra as 40-plus temperatures scorching the state are feared to be precursors to a heat wave.

According to NDTV reports the districts  in central and north Maharashtra are taking the brunt of the heat while state capital Mumbai has so far been comparatively less affected. 

Village Bhira in Raigad district has been in the news for unusually high temperature at 46.5 degrees, but the Indian Meteorological Department says it will send a team to verify it.

Akola recorded 44.1 degrees Celsius and Wardha, Nagpur and Chandrapur have recorded 43 degrees.

Many other parts of India are suffering record temperatures at the start of summer.

An NDTV report said Barmer in Rajasthan recorded a high of 43.4 degrees Celsius while Narnaul in Haryana sizzled at 42 degrees, nine degrees above normal.

The temperature in Ludhiana in Punjab is seven degrees above normal while in Uttar Pradesh, the maximum temperature has crossed 40 degrees in Varanasi, Allahabad, Hamirpur and Agra.

On Thursday, Delhi experienced the hottest day of the year with the mercury soaring to 38.2 degree celsius. 

The temperature in Uttarakhand's capital, Dehradun as well as Srinagar has been recorded much above the normal for this part of the year.

There are predictions of a "mild heat wave" in Maharashtra and Gujarat, parts of which are in the grip of intense heat as high as 40 degree plus.


In Rajasthan, Barmer was the hottest with mercury touching 43.4 degrees Celsius, followed by 43 degrees Celsius in Churu.