Agencies/Hyderabad
Heatwave conditions prevailed in Telangana yesterday as Nizamabad sizzled at 46.1 degrees Celsius while Hyderabad saw the season’s hottest day at 43 degrees.
The Hyderabad Meteorological Centre has issued a heatwave warning for the next three days in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Most parts of Telangana recorded day temperature three to six degrees above average.
Ramagundem and Nalgonda saw blistering heat with temperature rising to 45 degrees while Adilabad sizzled at 44.
Normal life was also affected in towns like Karimnagar, Khammam and Warangal, where the mercury rose to 43 degrees. The situation was no different in Medak and Nalgonda.
The streets were deserted in Hyderabad and other towns in the state as people preferred to remain indoors to escape the sweltering heat.
The daily wage earners, petty traders and people living on streets were the worst-hit.
Cool drink shops, sugarcane and other fruit juice vendors and coconut sellers did brisk business.
Y K Reddy, director of the Hyderabad Meterological Centre, said the heatwave conditions would continue for the next three days.
The rise in day temperature is attributed to the dry northwestern and northern winds.
Heatwave conditions also prevailed in Andhra Pradesh yesterday in Krishna, Guntur and Nellore districts of south coastal Andhra region.
Vijayawada and Nandigama saw the maximum temperature of 44 degrees.
Guntur, Prakasam and Kurnool recorded maximum day temperature of 42 degrees.
Other states in the country too have seen temperatures shooting up.
In the last ten days, three people have died due to severe heatwave conditions gripping Gujarat.
For the last few days, Gujarat has been in the grip of an extreme heatwave. The maximum temperatures in most towns including Ahmedabad shot up to 44 degrees throwing life out of gear.
North India too is in the grip of a heatwave.
Two men and their horses cool off in a canal on the outskirts of Jalandhar in the northern state of Punjab. High temperatures hovering over 40 degrees
