The punitive heat wave continued to grab the country on Saturday as the sun flamed over its head and dry wind intensified public discomfort in cities and rural areas.

Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) issued a heat wave alarm that warned of rising temperatures over major cities and erases in Punjab until May 19.

“There is a risk of an unusual increase in temperatures in the next few days,” warned a PDMA spokesman, adding that temperatures could remain 4 to 7 ° C above normal until May 20.

According to Pakistan Meteorological Department, Lahore recorded a minimum temperature of 28 ° C, where the mercury is expected to rise to 43 ° C in the coming days.

The department predicts hot and dry weather to continue for the next two to three days and exclude any chances of rain.

Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) recorded the minimum temperature in Lahore at 28 ° C, with forecasts suggesting that the maximum could rise to a fan 44 ° C.

The weather is likely to remain hot and dry over the next two to three days without chances of rain during this period.

Extremely hot weather has disturbed academic activities, especially for children in small private schools due to poor facilities in the classrooms.

The situation is alarming in schools operating in small buildings in cities, including Lahore, which even lack sufficient facilities for fans and water. Students in remote districts also suffer from the closure and in the middle of the day with schools as the temperature rises.

The Punjab government is probably considering closing the educational institutions in the province due to the harsh weather, and a meeting is expected for this week this week.

The rising temperature over the past week made it difficult for young children to study in the overloaded classrooms.

The worst situation is to be confronted in small schools constructed in violation of rules that lack the necessary facilities to continue academic activities.

Health experts have called on the public to remain hydrated, consume cooling fluids and cover their heads as they venture outdoors to reduce the risk of heat current.

Meanwhile, the thick smoke-rug sections of Lahore Islamabad and Lahore-Sialkot motorways after the farmers set fire to crop the stump late at night, in violation of the environmental regulations.