The six Lok Sabha constituencies in Mumbai will go to the polls tomorrow amidst extremely hot and humid conditions.
Each constituency in India’s entertainment hub Mumbai has stark contradictions. Lok Sabha Elections will unite the multi-billionaire industrialists living in residential skyscrapers and classy movie stars to the people living in pavement shacks and slum dwellers.
Polling for the third and final phase of the Lok Sabha Elections in Maharashtra will to decide the fate of 338 including 149 independents and 26 women candidates. Besides the six constituencies of Mumbai North, Mumbai North East, Mumbai North West, Mumbai North Central, Mumbai South Central and Mumbai South, polling will be held in Nandurbar, Dhule, Jalgaon, Raver, Dindori and Nashik in north Maharashtra. Jalna, Aurangabad, Palghar, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane and Raigad will also fight the biggest democratic political battle.
Campaigning in Mumbai is a nightmare for every candidate as it becomes difficult to address the different classes differently. An aide to Sanjay Nirupam, Mumbai North candidate rightly pointed out to the media, "if we speak about mega-infrastructure projects, the middle and lower middle-class are not interested; they demand improvements in the basics. If we address that, then the upper classes and rich are not interested!"
Weather in Mumbai
According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, maximum temperature recorded in Mumbai yesterday was 37.3°C, which is 4°C above normal average. Thus, we can say that Mumbai is experiencing heat wave like conditions as coastal stations do not require maximums to touch 40°C to experience heat waves and maximums 4 to 5°C above average are good enough.
On the 21st of April, Mumbai recorded second highest maximum in last 10 years at 39°C. Tomorrow, the day temperature will remain in the high-thirties. Evenings are usually comfortable in Mumbai as more the heat, more pronounced is the breeze, explains G.P. Sharma of Skymet Meteorology Division in India.
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