The mercury levels and heat wave conditions are taking a heavy toll on the general public with the maximum temperature in Mysuru, Mandya and Chamarajanagar nearing almost 40 degreesCelsius during the 24-hour period ending 8.30 a.m. on April 4.
The Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) has said that Mysuru registered a maximum temperature of 39 degrees Celsius while Mandya registered 38.8 degrees Celsius while the figure was 38.6 degrees Celsius in Chamarajanagar.
The searing heat continued through April 4 as well. The KSNDMC live dashboard indicated places like T. Narsipur in Mysuru district, Belagola in neighbouring Mandya district, and a few other places breaching the 40 degrees Celsius mark.
However, this is notborne out by the data of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), which pegged the maximum temperature in Mysuru at 37 degrees Celsius for the 24-hour period ending 8.30 a.m. on April 4.
Sources attributed the discrepancy to KSNDMC having a higher number of observatories, which are installed in every hobli of Karnataka, compared to the IMD, and this enabled the KSNDMC to capture a more accurate and granular data.
