After record-breaking temperatures in Delhi's Najafgarh, Met issues alert for extreme heat waves

Amid rising temperatures across the nation, the Indian Meteorological Department has issued another heat wave warning for the northern part of the country. A day after Delhi’s Najafgarh witnessed record breaking temperature 47 degree celcius, the weather department has stated that the northern plains will fail to get any respite from the searing and scalding heat waves till May 21, Tuesday.

Taking it to official social media handle, the India Meteorological department said that severe heat wave conditions likely to continue over plains of Northwest India during next 5 days and whereas the conditions are likely to continue over East & Central India during next 3 days.

The weather department further said that people will continue witnessing heat waves for some more days. The conditions will prevail in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Northern Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha and isolated places of Gujarat. 
Red to Orange alert has been issued for several parts of Northern India. According to met department, the temperature in the hilly area reaches 30 degree C or more for hilly regions. Meanwhile, the weather department has directed the people to stay indoor and hydrate and follow all necessary precautions.

Special arrangements for animals

Amid the unrelenting heat wave, the Nahargarh Bioloigical Park of Jaipur has made special arrangement for the animals to cool them off. Rain guns, sprinklers and dripping systems have been installed for the animal, so that temperature does not go beyond tolerable limits. Special diet which includes watermelon, cucumber juice, barley drinks have been on the medical advice. 

The sprinklers have been installed at the Kanpur Zoo, so that animals can get some respite from the prevailing heat conditions.