New Delhi, June 21: Gruelling heat tightened its grip over most parts of north India today killing two persons in Rajasthan as the mercury rose further at many places in the region with Sriganganagar in the desert state being the hottest at 48.7 degrees.
Both the casualties, that of a rag picker and a sweeper, occurred in Jaipur which sizzled at 45 deg C, six degrees above normal.
Pilani with a maximum of 47.5 degrees C was the second hottest place in the desert state where no let-up in heat is expected in the next 24 hours, the Met office said.
Delhi continued to reel under a combination of simmering heat and high humidity, recording a maximum of 44.1 degrees Celsius which though marginally lower than yesterday’s 44.8, was still five notches above the normal for this time of the season.
–Agencies