Protesting members of the Indian Federation of Trade Unions Committee (IFTU) brave the scorching sun to click photographs at Jantar Mantar while demanding better wages and working conditions on May Day. With the sun refusing to relent, the national Capital sizzled at 42.8 degrees Celsius on Thursday. While the maximum temperature was four degrees above normal, the minimum settled at 24.2 degrees, two notches below the season’s average.
The weatherman has predicted mercury to soar in the next few days with day temperatures not settling below 42 degrees Celsius. Thursday came as the season’s hottest day and the second warmest May 1 in five years. On the same date in 2009, the mercury had soared up to 43 degrees