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Chandigarh: People in Punjab will have to face more severe heat. The Meteorological Department has issued a heat wave alert for 2 days. Today, Orange alert has been issued in 17 districts of the state and Yellow alert in 6 districts.
The highest temperature of 47.1 degrees has been recorded in Fazilka. All districts are crossing 42 degrees, temperature has been recorded above 45 degrees in 10 districts.
However, there has been no change in the maximum temperature in 24 hours. However, the temperature is 6.6 degrees higher than normal days. At the same time, due to the start of paddy season, the demand for electricity has increased significantly. The demand for electricity reached 15425, whereas last year this demand was 9051 MW. At the same time, Ropar unit also closed due to technical fault. Due to this, a power crisis arose.
Alerts are for these districts
Today, there is an orange alert for heat wave in 17 districts of the state. These districts include Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Fazilka, Faridkot, Muktsar, Moga, Bathinda, Ludhiana, Barnala, Moga, Sangrur, Patiala, Mohali and Malerkotla. While a yellow alert has been issued in Hoshiarpur, Nawanshahr, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Fatehgarh Sahib and Rupnagar.
However, the Meteorological Department has reported severe heat in Ludhiana and Patiala. Similarly, heat wave conditions have been recorded in Amritsar, Gurdaspur, and Bathinda.
Temperature recorded in the districts yesterday
The highest temperature of 47.1 degrees has been recorded in Fazilka in the state.
Similarly, Amritsar 44.4 degrees, Ludhiana 44.3 degrees, Patiala 45.1 degrees, Pathankot 45.1 degrees, Gurdaspur 46.5, SBS Nagar 42.8 degrees, Faridkot 44.7, Fatehgarh 44.2, Ferozepur 42.9, Jalandhar 42.9, Moga 42.1 degrees, Mohali 43.7, Pathankot 43.0, Ropar 42.9.
At the same time, the minimum temperature in the state has increased by 0.3 degrees. However, this is 4.6 degrees more than the normal temperature.
