Rains hit south, east Rajasthan, west sizzles

Light to heavy rains hit the east and southern parts of Rajathan while many places in the west sizzled at around-40 degrees Celsius temperatures today.
Aklera in Jhalawar district recorded the most rainfall of 8 cm, whereas Bikaner was the hottest place in the state with a maximum temperature of 43.8 degrees Celsius, a Met report said.
The report said Desuri received 6 cm rainfall followed by Sagwara, Jagpura, Sarara, Degod, Anta 5 cms each, Shahpura, Srinagar, Jhalrapatan, Atru, Chhabra, Dhambola 4 cms each, Bagidora, Dungarpur, Rajsamand, Vijay Nagar Nathdwara 3 cms each, and one to 2 cms at many places.

In western Rajasthan, heat wave conditions persisted as Ganganagar recorded a maximum temperature of 43.4 degrees Celsius followed by Jaisalmer and Churu 41.6, Barmer 40, Pilani 39.2 and Jaipur 39 degrees Celsius.
The weather department has predicted movement of southwest monsoon to remaining parts of the state in the next 24 hours.