The Safdarjang Observatory recorded 45.5°C on Monday making it the hottest day in the national capital in last ten years. The temperature was six notches above normal for the month. The other Observatory at Palam again clocked 47.6°C on Monday after registering 47.8°C on Sunday, the hottest day in last 62 years. According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, some relief from the ongoing heat wave could be expected on 12th and 13th of June.
This is the hottest and longest spell of summer in Delhi this year. Maximum temperatures have consistently been recording between 44 and 45°C for last five days.
Meanwhile, the weather system in the Arabian Sea will change wind conditions in Delhi from westerly to southwesterly for some time. These winds will help in pulling down temperatures for the next two days. There are possibility of dust or thunder storms also on 12th and 13th June due to mixing of hot and dry winds from northwest direction and moist winds from the Arabian Sea.
People in different parts of the city continue to be affected by long power cuts due to damages of transmission lines during a storm last fortnight. The Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal will meet Delhi LG Najeeb Jung as well as other senior government officials on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing power shortage in the state.
“Preliminary inquires suggest problems of transmission, distribution in Delhi. I have called the Lt Governor to address this," the minister told reporters earlier today morning.
Several areas in the city witnessed demonstrations against power outages that lasted for several hours and the consequential irregular water supply. Political parties, too, are taking pot shots at each other for the power crisis.
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