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According to the Met Department data, Banda in Uttar Pradesh turned out to be the hottest city on April 29 with the highest temperature touching 47.4°C.

India continues to grapple with the heatwave on the last day of this month. Several cities have registered temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius. Amid the sweltering heat, the power cuts have made it really difficult for the people to battle the heatwave. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) released a list of hottest cities on Friday.

Here are some of the hottest cities in the country as on April 29:-

Banda (UP): 47.4°C

Prayagraj: 46.8°C

Sriganganagar (Rajasthan): 46.4°C

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Chandrapur (Maharashtra): 46.4°C

Nowgong (MP), Jhansi (UP): 46.2°C

Najafgarh & Pitampura (Delhi): 45.9°C

Gurugram: 45.9°C

Daltonganj (Jharkhand), Ridge (Delhi): 45.7°C

Wardha (Maharashtra): 45.5°C

Khajuraho (MP): 45.4°C

The heatwave condition in the country has led to power outage in the country. The peak power demand in the country touched an all-time high of 207,111 MW on Friday, informed the Ministry of Power. This comes amid the reports of the power crisis in many states across the country during the extreme heatwave.

Jharkhand, Haryana, Bihar, Punjab, and Maharashtra are among the states seeing power outages. Delhi has also written to the Centre over the possibility of power cuts to important establishments. The states and UTs are also taking steps to deal with the situation.

(With PTI inputs)