Ranchi, March 17 -- Heatwave conditions sizzled Jharkhand with the mercury crossing 40 degrees Celsius in seven districts, officials said on Sunday. Chaibasa in West Singhbhum district registered the state's highest temperature at 41 degrees Celsius, 7.6 notches above the normal, on Saturday, they said.
Daltonganj recorded 40.7 degrees Celsius, while the weather station in Bokaro Thermal registered 40.1. Jamshedpur in East Singhbhum recorded 40 degrees Celsius, which was 6.4 degrees higher than the normal, while state capital Ranchi registered 37 degrees Celsius, 6.1 notches above the normal.
However, for respite the weather is likely to change in next few days. According to Abhishek Anand, scientist of Meteorological Center Ranchi, there...