Banda hottest place; Temperature continues to rise in UP

Banda recorded a high of 43.6 degrees Celsius and was the hottest place in Uttar Pradesh where several districts registered above normal temperatures.

Met office here said the day temperatures rose at many places and were markedly above normal in districts like Varanasi, Faizabad, Jhansi and Agra.

Banda with 43.6 degree Celsius was the hottest place in the state, they said.

They forecast that weather was likely to remain dry and heat wave conditions at few places.