Chandrapur district recorded as hottest in Vidarbha

Nagpur: Chandrapur was on Tuesday the hottest city in Vidarbha, recording a maximum temperature of 47.2 degrees Celsius, the highest this summer in the eastern Maharashtra region which reeled under heatwave conditions.

Bramhapuri at 46.3 and Wardha 45 at degrees Celsius were the second and third hottest places, respectively, in the region, the MeT department said.

Nagpur, the second capital of Maharashtra, was slightly better at 44.6 degrees.

Following were the maximum temperatures recorded in other important places in Vidarbha: Akola-44.8 degrees Celsius, Amravat-43.8, Buldana-41.7, Gondia-43.6, Washim-44 and Yavatmal-44.2.