India News | Gujarat in Grip of Heatwave; Mercury Rises to 45 Degrees C at Kandla Airport

Ahmedabad, Apr 7 (PTI) With most parts of Gujarat reeling under a heatwave, the Kandla airport in the Kutch district registered the highest temperature of 45 degrees Celsius on Thursday, the Meteorological Centre said here.

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Several other cities registered maximum temperatures above 40 degrees, including Surendranagar (44.4 degrees Celsius), Bhuj (43.4), Keshod (43.7), Amreli (43.4), Deesa (43.4), Ahmedabad (43.2), Rajkot (43.1) and Gandhinagar (43).

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The heatwave conditions would prevail till April 9 in different parts of the state including Kutch, Banaskantha, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surendranagar and Amreli, Met officials said.

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