Discomfort grows as mercury rises

The relentless heatwave swept across Uttar Pradesh also as temperatures were markedly above normal in Faizabad, Allahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Bareilly, Agra and Meerut divisions. In Rajasthan too, there was no let up from searing heat even as the mercury in Jaipur, which on Thursday, June 5, experienced the hottest day in 33 years, dropped by 0.4 notches and settled at 45.9 degree C.