Voting for all 7 Lok Sabha seats in Delhi will be held in the sixth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections on May 25 (Saturday). And the weather office has predicted intense heatwave for the city on May 25.

Private weather forecasting agency Skymet Weather said the temperature in Delhi is likely to cross 45 degree Celsius on Saturday. The Skymet in a statement said the Election Commission of India had made arrangements such as air coolers and mist fans, cold drinking water, shaded waiting areas, at the city’s 2,627 polling booths to provide respite to voters.

The development comes at a time when IMD said massive heatwave conditions are likely to prevail over parts of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, and West Uttar Pradesh, over the next five days.

The IMD issued a ‘red alert’ for the states and said the maximum daytime temperatures in several districts of these states may breach the 47 degrees Celsius mark.