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India Meteorological Department, IMD has said that Northwest and Central parts of the country continue to remain under the grip of heat wave conditions.
Delhi sweltered under a scorching heat wave on Tuesday as the mercury soared to 47.6 degrees Celsius in Palam area and most places recorded their maximum temperatures six notches above normal.
The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative figures for the city, recorded a maximum of 46 degrees Celsius.
The last time the mercury at the Safdarjung weather station touched the 46-degrees-Celsius mark was on May 19, 2002, said Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the regional forecasting centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Senior Scientist of the IMD, Dr K Sathi Devi said that Chandigrah, Rajashtan, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, parts of Chhatisgarh, Bihar and Jharkhand are expected to experience heat wave conditions for next two to three days.
She said, these areas are like to experience some rainfall activity from 29th of this month.
