New Delhi: Summer, which begins on April 1, and goes on till June 30, will be hotter, with more so-called heatwave days in many states, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its summer forecast. A passenger drinking water is silhouetted against the sun on a hot summer day at Jalandhar Cantonment railway station in Jalandhar on June 11, 2024 amid heatwave. India’s heatwave is the longest ever to hit the country, the government’s top weather expert said on June 10 as he warned people will face increasingly oppressive temperatures. Parts of northern India have been gripped by a heatwave since mid-May, with temperatures soaring over 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit). (Photo by Shammi MEHRA / AFP)(AFP) The weather office’s summer forecast is followed only a little less closely than its monsoon forecast; the intensity and length of the summer has a bearing on lives and livelihoods. The forecast of higher-than-normal temperatures was not surprising, given that every month since April 2024 has seen a record in terms of heat in at least some …