India, April 23 -- Heatwave conditions are likely to grip central India and the plains of northwest India till April 29 and over eastern India till April 26, the India Meteorological Department warned on Wednesday.

There is likely to be a gradual rise in maximum temperatures by 2-3 degrees Celsius over northwest and eastern India over the next seven days, the weather department said in its forecast.

Heatwave is expected over Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, western Madhya Pradesh and western Rajasthan till April 29; eastern Madhya Pradesh till April 27; Uttar Pradesh, Vidarbha (Maharashtra), Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal till April 26; Chhattisgarh till April 25; central Maharashtra and Marathwada region on April 24-25.

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