Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Monday issued red alert for Tuesday as the mercury is likely to soar above 45 degree Celsius on Tuesday.
A similar situation is prevailing in other parts of the State too. On Monday temperatures in Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Vadodara were 44.5, 42.2 and 42.6 degree Celsius respectively. Other hot places include North Gujarat town Deesa 44 degree, state capital Gandhinagar 44.4, Amreli 43, Kandla port 44.4, Bhuj 41.2, Idar 44.6, Surendranagar 44.3 and Vallabh Vidyanagar 43.1 degree Celsius. Compared other parts of the state South Gujarat remained cool. The biggest city of the region Surat recorded highest temperature of 33 degree.
AMC has declared orange alert on Wednesday as temperature in the biggest city of Gujarat to touch 44 degree Celsius. It is worth mentioning that North Gujarat town Idar was boiling at 46 degree on Sunday. Due to heat, a septuagenarian died after he was admitted to an AMC run hospital on Sunday. According to officials in meteorology department, extreme heat in Ahmedabad and other parts of the state was due to north-westerly winds.
Due to heatwave over the past many days, as many as 29 people have died in the state and maximum casualties (11) have been recorded in Ahmedabad alone. The city had broken 100-year record when the mercury shot up to 48 degree Celsius on 19th May this year.