New Delhi, April 28: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange warning for five states – Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, UP, and Odisha.

The IMD said that it will take some more days to gain any relief from the scorching heat and soaring temperatures that have gripped a large part of the country.

The tweeted, on Thursday, that heatwave conditions are expected to prevail over Northwest and Central India during the next five days and over east India during the next three days and abate thereafter. 

According to the IMD severely heatwave conditions are expected in isolated pockets over Punjab, Delhi, Haryana-Chandigarh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Vidarbha, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Chattisgarh, interior Odisha, interior Gangetic West Bengal and northern parts of Gujarat.