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EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 17: Miserable Jammuites continued to sweat it out--quite literally -- on Thursday as the maximum temperature in the Capital crossed 42 degree Celsius.
The mercury touched 42.7 degrees, eight degrees above normal, making Thursday the hottest day of the season.
It was also the hottest April 17 in the past decade. The 'felt air temperature' (which indicates the amount of heat the human body loses outdoors) was 43.5 degree Celsius.
With no rainfall yet in the plains near Jammu city, the heat wave is going to continue for some time, according to officials of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
An IMD official said, "Rain-bearing clouds did emerge over the hills in the past one month, but they were too feeble to have an impact on the plains."
The sweltering heat has also added to the burden of power companies in the Capital. Electricity officials attributed the power cuts to breakdown of transmission and distribution infrastructure because of the high demand.
Dr M K Khusoo, Chief Scientist Agrometerology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture, Science and Technology (SKUAST) said, "The maximum temperature of Jammu city and its outskirts was recorded at 42.7 degree Celsius which was eight degree Celsius above normal. In 2003, the region had witnessed close to 42 degree Celsius but today it was hottest day in past one decade."
"It is unbearable heat. I am in fact concerned about my children as it will be difficult for them to go to school in such a high temperature," said Rajeev Sharma, a resident of Kacchi Chawni.
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