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Rajasthan: Wednesday is the fifth day of Nautapa. On Tuesday, Churu in Rajasthan recorded the highest temperature of 50.5 degrees in the country. Earlier, Phalodi in Rajasthan was the hottest city in the country for three consecutive days.
The temperature here was recorded at 50° on Saturday, 51° on Sunday and 49.4° on Monday. The temperature here was 49° on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, 16 people died due to heat in Rajasthan. The number of people who died due to heat in the state has gone up to 51.
On Tuesday, 78 places in 12 states including Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi recorded temperatures of 45 degrees or more. On Monday, 75 places in 10 states of the country had temperatures of 45 degrees or more. Prayagraj had a temperature of 48.2 degrees yesterday. 30 years ago in 1994, a temperature of 48.4 degrees was recorded here.
The Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for heatwave in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh for Wednesday.
At the same time, heatwave is also likely in different places of Jammu division, Himachal Pradesh, parts of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha.
At the same time, due to Ramal storm, there is a possibility of very heavy rain in all the states of the Northeast – Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura between May 29 and June1.
Effect of heat
Advisory issued: Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj announced that two beds will be reserved for heat stroke patients in all government hospitals.
School holiday: The temperature has crossed 43 degrees in many places in Jammu. In such a situation, the Jammu administration has announced a 46-day summer vacation for all government and private schools from June 1.
Schools will remain closed from June 1 to July 16.
The temperature in Una, Himachal Pradesh, reached 45 degrees on Tuesday. In view of this, all schools in the city have been closed till May 31. Due to the seventh phase of elections on June 1 and Sunday on June 2, schools will open on June 3.
Schools in Haryana have been closed from Tuesday itself.
Water shortage: According to the Central Water Commission, the water stock in 150 main water sources of the country decreased to only 24 percent last week, due to which there was a shortage of water in many states and power generation was affected.
Power consumption increased: The country’s power demand has increased to 239.96 GW, which is the highest so far this season. It is believed that in the coming days, the power demand will increase and surpass last year’s all-time high of 243.27 GW.
