There is a requirement for watermelons, tender coconuts, and many others., to maintain oneself hydrated in the Mysuru belt reeling under extreme heat.
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Parts of south inside Karnataka together with Mysuru-Mandya-Chamarajanagar continues to be under the spell of scorching summer season with most temperature being Three to Four levels Celsius above regular since the previous couple of days.
According to India Meteorological Department the utmost temperature in Mysuru through the 24 hours ending 8.30 a.m. on Sunday, April 29, 2024, was 37.Three levels Celsius which was 3.1 levels Celsius above regular. In Mandya, the utmost temperature was 39.2 levels Celsius which was 4.Three levels Celsius above regular as per IMD whereas Chamarajanagar was scorching at 40 levels Celsius throughout the identical interval.
As a results of the scorching heat regular life has been affected with people staying indoors for better a part of the day until the heat subsidizes in addition to consuming tender coconut, water melons, sugarcane juice and many others, when outdoors, to maintain themselves hydrated.
The Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) pegged the utmost temperature for Mysuru through the 24 hours ending 8.30 a.m. on Sunday at 39.9 levels Celsius. Its reside dashboard indicated that the temperature in elements of Mysuru district was hovering round 40 levels Celsius at Three p.m. on Sunday whereas HD Kote was round 38.9 levels Celsius and Bilikeri close to Mysuru was scorching at 39.2 levels Celsius
It is frequent throughout summer season for optimum temperature in Mysuru to hover round 37 levels Celsius to 38 levels Celsius throughout March/April however they’re for brief period and the area used to obtain non permanent reprieve by the use of pre-monsoon rains.
But there was no such breather by the use of good rains rhis 12 months so as to cut back the temperature considerably as a results of which the severity of the summer season heat is extended and immense.
As if the severity of extended summer season was not sufficient, the dangerous information is that the KSNDMC has forecast an increase in most temperature by 2 levels Celsius to three levels Celsius above regular from April 28 to May 2, 2024 in south inside Karnataka.
The depth of the summer season has additionally been accentuated by the shortage of rain and the deficit for the interval March 1 to April 25for which the info is offered, is 86 per cent for Mysuru district which has obtained solely 9.1 mm of rainfall through the interval.
The agony of the extended summer season is accompanied by the decline in water availability in main reservoirs that are the primary supply of consuming water for cities like Mysuru, Bengaluru, Mandya and different cities.
The gross storage in the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) reservoir as of April 25 was the bottom for the day in comparison with the earlier 5 years. The gross storage as of April 25 was 11.65 tmc ft as towards the gross capability of 49.45 tmc ft. The water availability throughout the identical interval final 12 months was 15 tmc ft whereas it was 23.88 tmc ft in 2022 and 18.86 tmc ft in 2021, as per KSNDMC information. If the pre-monsoon fails then it’s going to have a bearing on the consuming water situation in the area.