Temperature in Anantapur city shot up to 43.1 degrees Celsius on Thursday afternoon, recording the 2022 Summer season’s highest so far, and it literally sent people scurrying home for cool shelter.
The only saving grace was lack of power cuts, which had become a common occurrence during the past 20 days. The normal day’s highest temperature for April in Anantapur is 39.4 degrees C., but this sudden 4 degrees variance made people feel a change.