Heat Wave: Morena Records 49.2 Degree Temperature

Morena recorded the day temperature of 49.2 degree Celsius on Monday, with people staying indoors and town resembling a curfew-like situation, reported PTI.

Weather Department officials said that Morena has become the hottest place in the state which is reeling under a severe heat wave, report said.

Taking extreme heat into view, Forest Department officials during the last fortnight had placed earthen pots filled with water laced with life-saving drugs to make sure that the national animal, peacock, did not die due to heat.