With the mercury continuing to rise incessantly the Meteorological Department has warned of a heatwave hitting Telangana in the next 48 hours.
Nizamabad remained the hottest place in the State with a maximum temperature of 43 degrees Celsius. Bhadrachalam in Khammam district, traditionally the hottest place has also started to heat up and touched 43 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.
In a bulletin the weather office said that heatwave conditions will prevail at many places in the State including Hyderabad where the mercury has crossed 41.8 degrees.
The bulletin warned that the temperature will hover between 40 to 45 degrees in many places in the State. Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Nalgonda, Medak and Ranga Reddy districts will be the worst affected.
With the summer heat accompanied by hot winds becoming unbearable, the people were confining themselves to the safety of their homes.