KOLHAPUR: Districts in south west Maharashtra are witnessing rise in the maximum and minimum temperature due to the prevailing heatwave conditions in the north Maharashtra and Vidarbha.
The maximum temperatures in Solapur and Satara have crossed the 40-degree mark, while Kolhapur and Sangli are merely a few notches below the same level.
The roads in Kolhapur look deserted in the afternoon. As per India Meteorological Department reports, Kolhapur witnessed a slight decrease in maximum temperature to reach 38.1 degrees celsius on Friday with 22.7 degrees celsisus minimum temperature.
In Sangli, maximum temperature slightly decreased to 37.9 degree celsius and minimum temperature also slightly decreased to reach 21.4 degrees celsius.
In Satara, maximum temperature increased to 40.5 degree celsius and the minimum remained constant at 23 degrees celsius. Solapur continued to remain the hottest in the region as the city sizzled with 43.4 degrees celsius during day on Friday, while the minimum was and 27.2 degrees celsius.
Due to the heavy rainfall received on Thursday late evening, uprooting of trees was reported at 22 locations in the district. Traffic congestion was reported on Kolhapur-Ratnagiri, Kolhapur-Gagan Bawda, Kolhapur-Sangli highway and also on Pune-Bangalore national highway. Tin sheds of factories in Gokul-Shirgaon MIDC were blown out. In another incidents, two buffaloes died at Madale village after being struck by lightning. Almost half of the district faced severe power cuts on Thursday night.
