Power demand peaks in heatwave-hit Delhi, but temperature readings may be an "error".
A woman shields her child from the sun during a severe heatwave with record-breaking temperatures in New Delhi on May 29 NEW DELHI: Power usage in India 's capital surged to a record high Wednesday as residents of the sprawling megacity struggled to keep cool during aBut India 's government-run weather bureau said a station reading showing a potentially record-breaking temperature in the capital may have been due to an"error" in the measuring equipment.
Delhi city authorities on Wednesday, warned of dire water shortages and ordered teams to clamp down on wastage. On Tuesday, two Delhi stations, at Mungeshpur, as well as at another automatic station at Narela, posted readings of 49.9 degrees Celsius.Boys sit beneath a makeshift canopy along a street on a hot summer day in New Delhi In 2016, 51C was recorded in Phalodi on the edge of Rajasthan's Thar Desert, the highest confirmed temperature in India.
Ram, who lives with his wife and two sons in a cramped house, said they had a small fan but that did little to cool them down.A worker carries baskets of shaved ice to a food processing unit in New Delhi on May 29, 2024. Rani, 60, who uses only one name, travels by bus for two hours each morning to sell jewellery to tourists at a makeshift street stall.
Atishi on Wednesday ordered state authorities to"immediately deploy 200 teams" to crack down on construction sites or commercial properties using domestic pipes to stem a"serious wastage of water".
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