Lok Sabha Polls Begin amid Searing Heatwave, Likely to Intensify across Odisha, Jharkhand, Bengal in Next 3 Days

An intense heatwave has swept parts of Odisha, Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal as well as isolated pockets over Telangana, Rayalaseema, interior Tamil Nadu, Saurashtra, and Kachchh. This is likely to get more severe over eastern states during the next three days, as per IMD