A man carries home a table fan on Wednesday to beat the heat as the mercury soared in Kolkata after Monday’s smart shower. The city experienced a partly cloudy sky in the afternoon but that hardly provided a respite. The maximum temperature was recorded at 35.3 ˚C
Soumyajit Dey/My KolkataAn aged woman takes a break from the sultry weather conditions in Salt Lake on Wednesday
Amit Datta/My KolkataTaking into account the soaring temperature, the Alipore Zoological Garden authorities provided a fan to keep a snake comfortable in its enclosure on Wednesday
Ashim Paul/My KolkataKolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) workers went around the city and sprinkled anti-larvae solution to control mosquito breeding
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