Hotter summer this year: Severe heat waves blaze across India

The maximum temperature Gurgaon is expected to increase by 2 to 3 degrees Celsius in the next two days, with heatwave conditions likely from May 16. So far, the city has not recorded any heatwave this season.

At 41.7°C, Ahmedabad recorded second highest maximum temperature on Sunday in Gujarat after 42°C in Surendranagar. The temperature was nearly on a par with normal, whereas at 29.6°C, the minimum temperature was 2.5 degrees higher.

Children frolic in the water with their mother at Chennai’s favourite summer hangout spot, Marina beach, on Sunday.

Election officials take cover from heat under polling booth material at a distribution centre in Nampally on Sunday.

Greater Chennai Corporation has installed green nets at the traffic signal near Ripon Building to provide shade for commuters. Waiting at traffic signals in the summer heat is an ordeal for motorists, especially when the temperature is increasing.

A woman covers her son with her dupatta to protect him from the sweltering heat at Panvel, Navi Mumbai, on Sunday.

The district administration has issued an advisory for people to protect themselves from heat stroke and has also asked all the health institutions, from district hospital to sub-health centres, in Bhopal to be alert for a possible spurt in the cases of heat stroke.

This summer has sparked an unprecedented 30% surge in demand for packaged drinking water in Tamil Nadu. Every year, bottlers step up production between March and August but this year they are scrambling to meet demand.