Some areas of Delhi are struggling to access water, while others have none at all, as a heat wave sweeps northwestern India.
India’s capital territory of Delhi sweltered to its highest-ever temperature of 49.9 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, as an oppressive heat wave forced authorities to impose water rationing. The Indian Meteorological Department said the new record was measured in the suburb of Mungeshpur, surpassing Delhi’s previous high of 49.2 degrees Celsius , observed in May 2022.
The water shortages were caused by the “acute heatwave,” as well as a lack of water deliveries from the northern state of Haryana to Delhi, which are not being made as usual, Singh said. Delhi was not alone, as the mercury spiked across northwestern India. The temperature in the city of Churu in the state of Rajasthan soared to 50.5 degrees Celsius . Sirsa, a city in the state of Haryana, saw thermometers reach 50.3 degrees Celsius , Indian authorities said.
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