New Delhi: Rains lashed several parts of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and West Bengal on Tuesday, even as around 317 heatwave-related deaths were reported in Telangana since the onset of the summer season till date.
It was a pleasant day in the national capital with the city recording a high of 35.6 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season's average and down by 5.3 degrees from yesterday's maximum temperature.
The Safdarjung weather station in the city recorded 10.2 mm rainfall while the areas under Palam, Lodhi Road, Ayanagar and Ridge observatories recorded showers measuring 10.6 mm, 8.5 mm, 5.6 mm and 6.2 mm respectively, the MeT said.
Telangana disaster management department today said as many as 317 heatwave-related deaths have been reported in the state since the onset of the summer season till date.
“These (317) deaths were confirmed by the three-member committee (set up to assess cases of heat-related deaths).
Nalgonda district tops the chart with 91 deaths followed by Mahabubnagar with 44,” an official in the disaster management department's control room said.
There was respite from heatwave conditions in most parts of Punjab and Haryana as overnight rains coupled with high-velocity wind, lightning and thundering, brought the mercury down in the region.
