No respite from scorching heat in lower hills of Himachal, water crisis worsens in Shimla

The lower hills of Himachal Pradesh continued to reel under scorching sun as Una in foothills recorded day temperature at 43.2 degrees Celsius, while the water crisis worsened in Shimla.

The local MeT office has warned of heat wave in lower hills tomorrow and rains or thunderstorm in mid-hills for six days from tomorrow (May 29).

The weather would remain dry in lower hills from May 29 to 31 and on June 3 while rains or snow is likely in higher hills from My 30 to June 2, it said.

The maximum temperature stayed at 40.5 degrees Celsius in Bilaspur while Sundernagar and Nahan recorded a high of 38.4 and 36.1 degrees Celsius respectively.

There was no significant increase in minimum temperature and Nahan was hottest during the night with a low of 24.5 degrees Celsius while Dharamsala and Una recorded minimum temperatures of 21.8 and 21.2 degrees Celsius.

Meanwhile, state capital Shimla continued to face acute water shortage and angry residents came on the roads while Congress MLAs, Vikramaditya and Anirudh Singh, threatened to gherao the Municipal Corporation office if the situation did not ease by May 30.

They also demanded registration of FIR against the officials responsible for allegedly supplying sewage-mix water in some localities.

The police registered FIR against 50 people including the Congress Councillor from Ram Bazar and her husband, a former councillor, for attempting to gherao the residence of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and allegedly manhandling the police officials on duty.