Heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh, but heat wave persists in lower areas

Shimla: Heavy rains occurred in parts of Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday but maximum temperatures were up by two to three degrees. The lower hills of Himachal reeled under the heat wave.

Baldwara was wettest with 90 mm of rains while Hamirpur and Chelsea recorded 49 mm and 45 mm rains respectively.

The local India Meteorological Department (MeT) has predicted moderate to heavy rains at a few places situated in the mid and lower hills and light rains in higher hills in the next five days.