40.8C in Jammu, power cuts in the region

There was no respite from the heatwave in Jammu on Saturday, with the city recording a maximum temperature of 40.8 degrees Celsius, the meteorological department said.

The heatwave conditions triggered power cuts and water shortages in different parts of the region. The Santra Morh-Hazuribagh-Anandnagar-Bohri belt is the worst-affected region in the Jammu division, with locals complaining about getting electricity for less than eight hours daily.

The minimum temperature in Jammu was 25.7 degrees Celsius. Srinagar recorded a maximum temperature of 23.7 degrees Celsius, around 4.2 notches below the normal, while the minimum was 12.5 degrees.

Leh recorded a maximum temperature of 20 degrees Celsius and it was 20.9 degrees in Kargil. Gulmarg recorded a maximum temperature of 15 degrees Celsius, the lowest in the state, the weather department said.

People in Hazuribagh-Anandnagar protested against the power cuts. They burnt effigies of the Jammu and Kashmir administration and alleged ...