Telangana and AP continue to reel under heat wave

Hyderabad: There was no let up in the heat wave gripping Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Monday while the Met office has issued a warning of severe heat wave conditions for both the states for next two days.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) warned that severe heat wave to heat wave conditions will prevail in all 10 districts of Telangana till April 27. It has made a similar forecast for all four districts of Rayalaseema and six out of nine districts of coastal Andhra Pradesh. The heat wave in both the states reeling under second successive drought has killed dozens of people, triggered drinking water scarcity and migration by farmers and agriculture labourers to towns.

"Severe heat wave conditions are most likely to prevail over many parts in the districts of East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam and Nellore of coastal Andhra Pradesh and in the districts of Anantapur, Chittoor, Kadapa and Kurnool of Rayalaseema," said the meteorological centre here.

Khammam, Nalgonda and Ramagundam in Telangana sizzled at 45 degrees Celsius on Monday, while Badrachalam and Hanmkonda recorded 44 degrees.

Hyderabad is also in the grip of intense heat wave with mercury rising to 43 degrees Celsius. This is second time this month that the city recorded this temperature, the highest for April in over four decades. Mahabubnagar and Medak also recorded maximum temperature of 43 degrees.

Source: IANS