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Discomfort grows as mercury rises

Heat wave bakes North India, Delhi reels at 45 C, Churu records 48 deg

In Punjab, the mercury in Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala settled at 45.5 deg C, 45.6 deg C and 45.5 deg C respectively, rising by 4 notches above normal. Union Territory Chandigarh sizzled at 44.4 deg C, up by five degrees above normal.