Bathinda hit a record high of 47.5 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, as Punjab and Haryana sizzle under a heatwave sweeping the region.

Bathinda hit a record high of 47.5 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, as Punjab and Haryana sizzle under a heatwave sweeping the region.

Bathinda recorded the maximum temperature of above 47 degrees which was highest in last 20 years. The city has been sizzling in the past few days, with mercury hovering around 45 degrees Celsius.

TemperatureInfants, children, people aged 65 years or older, people working outdoors, people who have a mental illness and those who are heart patients or those who suffer from high blood pressure, are most vulnerable to the ill-effects of the heat wave.