Pedestrians shield their faces from the heat with a scarf, in Gurugram
PTI PhotoThe blistering heatwave sweeping through vast swathes of the country intensifies with the mercury crossing the 45-degree mark at several places.
Gurugram logged an all-time high of 45.6 degrees Celsius on Thursday, breaking the previous record of 44.8 degrees Celsius on April 28, 1979.
Its neighbour Delhi saw the hottest April day in 12 years at 43.5 degrees Celsius. The national capital recorded a maximum temperature of 43.7 degrees Celsius on April 18, 2010.
The intense heatwave scorched Allahabad (45.9 degrees Celsius) in Uttar Pradesh; Khajuraho (45.6 degrees Celsius), Nowgong (45.6 degrees Celsius), and Khargone (45.2 degrees Celsius) in Madhya Pradesh; Akola (45.4 degrees Celsius), Bramhapuri (45.2 degrees Celsius) and Jalgaon (45.6 degrees Celsius) in Maharashtra and Jharkhand's Daltonganj (45.8 degrees Celsius).
Amid the heatwave, India's peak power demand met or the highest supply in a day touched the all-time high of 204.65 GW on Thursday.
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PTI PhotoBoys jump into the Ganga River to beat the heat during a hot summer day, in Kolkata
PTI PhotoThe Taj Mahal sees low footfall of tourists during noon due to the constant scorching heat on a hot summer day, in Agra
PTI PhotoA pedestrian quenches his thirst on a hot summer day, at Cannaught Place in New Delhi
PTI PhotoA boy takes a dip in a canal on a hot summer day, on the outskirts of Amritsar
PTI PhotoA woman covers her head with a cloth to avoid the scorching heat on a hot summer day in Thane
PTI PhotoA man shields his face from the heat with a cloth while riding a two-wheeler with children, in Amritsar
PTI PhotoBoys play in the cooler waters of a canal to beat the heat, on a hot summer day, in Jammu
PTI PhotoA man bathes his buffaloes in a canal on a hot summer day, on the outskirts of Amritsar
PTI PhotoPedestrians use an umbrella to shield themselves from the scorching sun on a hot summer day, at Cannaught Place in New Delhi
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