Temperature sizzles across Himachal hills
"Temperatures increased due to the ongoing dry weather. Heat wave conditions are prevailing in Una Sirmaur Hamirpur and Bilaspur districts and parts of Mandi district and will continue to prevail till Friday " an official of the meteorological office told IANS.
The state capital recorded a high of 28.5 degrees Celsius three degrees above the average for this time of the year.
Dharamsala recorded 32.8 degrees Celsius while it was 39.3 degrees in Hamirpur town 38.5 degrees in Chamba town 36.6 degrees in Nahan town and 23 degrees in Kalpa in Kinnaur district.
--IANS vg/vd