Sirsa hottest at 45.2 degrees Celsius as hot weather conditions persist in Haryana, Punjab 

Chandigarh sizzles astatine 42.2 degrees Celsius

Women screen their faces to support themselves from the scorching vigor connected a roadworthy successful Amritsar. Photo: Vishal Kumar

Sirsa successful Haryana was the hottest spot successful the state, signaling a time somesthesia of 45.2 degrees Celsius connected Saturday arsenic blistery upwind conditions continued to persist astatine astir places successful the authorities and neighbouring Punjab.

Sirsa, successful the occidental portion of the state, has been reeling nether utmost vigor for the past galore days.

According to the section Met office, among different places successful Haryana, Hisar sizzled astatine 43.5 degrees Celsius. Rohtak sweltered astatine 44.3 degrees, Narnaul recorded 42.3 degrees, Gurugram 41 degrees and Ambala 42.8 degrees, portion Karnal recorded a maximum of 39 degrees Celsius.

Chandigarh, the communal superior of the 2 states, besides braved the blistery upwind astatine a precocious of 42.2 degrees Celsius. Bathinda was the hottest spot successful Punjab, signaling a precocious of 43.8 degrees Celsius. Faridkot braved the blistery weather, which peaked to 42 degrees. Amritsar registered a maximum of 41.2, Ludhiana 41.8, Patiala 42.6 and Pathankot 41.5, portion Gurdaspur recorded a precocious of 40 degrees Celsius. PTI