According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimum temperature recorded on Friday stood at 15.6 degrees Celsius, with a dip of 0.5 degrees Celsius in the last 24 hours.
As the mercury crosses 40 degree mark in the city and several south Bengal districts, the state health department directed government hospitals to set up heatstroke management units across the state.
The statue has been installed at the park created near Lakha Banjara Lake in the city by Sagar Smart City Development Authority. The park has also been named as the Atal Park.
The capital city of Bhubaneswar and neighbouring Cuttack city logged 40 degree C maximum daytime temperature.
Mercury has dipped in north India, including Delhi, due to cold winds.
According to the Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar officials, severe cold wave conditions will continue to prevail in several parts of Odisha for the next two to three days.
Mercury, being a Ripple partner, will leverage XRP for more efficient cross-border payments into the region.
Lastly, it was on January 8, 2006, that the city had recorded a minimum of 0.2 degree Celsius.
Dense fog and cold wave will prevail from tomorrow in some regions of East and West Midnapore, East and West Burdwan, Hooghly, Purulia, Jhargram, Bankura, Birbhum, Murshidabad, and Nadia.
The transit of Mercury helps measure our distance to the Sun.
