New Delhi, April 9 -- Amid rising temperatures in the capital city, Delhi's demand for electricity touched 5,462 MW on Wednesday afternoon, the highest so far this summer.

The demand was up from Tuesday's peak power requirement of 5,029 MW, and much higher than the capital city's demand for 4,321 MW of electricity on 9 April last year, showed data from the State Load Despatch Centre, Delhi.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'yellow alert' for heatwave conditions in Delhi-National Capital Region. On Wednesday, Delhi recorded its highest minimum temperature in April in three years, at 25.6 degrees Celsius, which was 5.6 degrees above normal.

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