In Brief; October heat to blame for rising mercury: Met

The city will continue to feel the heat as indicated by the recent rise in temperatures due to the phenomenon of transition experienced in October,the Met department said.

October heat to blame for rising mercury: Met

The city will continue to feel the heat as indicated by the recent rise in temperatures due to the phenomenon of transition experienced in October,the Met department said. Temperatures have been rising steadily since the beginning of October from around 31.6°C on the first day of the month to the highest recorded at 35°C on Sunday. The minimum temperature over the past few days has also been slightly high. Officials said this is because of the phenomenon called October heat. October marks the transition from the south-west monsoon to the retreating monsoon,with the apparent movement of the sun towards the south. Due to the shift to drier conditions,more heat is experienced although the temperatures dont vary much. This is known as October heat or second summer, said V K Rajeev,director (weather forecast),India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Central Railway increases 12-car services

Central Railway (CR) will augment 19 nine-car services to 12-car services from Tuesday. With this,the number of 12-car services run daily on CRs main line will increase from 710 to 729 and the total number of 12-car services will increase from 838 to 857. It increased the services from 1,410 in 2008-09 to 1,573 at present (around 11.5 per cent increase). The number of coaches have increased from 13,998 in 2008-09 to 16,728 at present (around 20 per cent increase). It runs 785 main line services per day,of which 729 services will run as 12-coach trains from Tuesday.

Nair Hospital gets emergency service centre

To deal with emergency cases efficiently,a dedicated centre has been set up on the premises of Nair Hospital. The Emergency Service Centre,set up last week,has an eight-bed observation ward along with separate injection and suturing rooms. Earlier,the casualty ward was situated in the Out Patient Department (OPD) building of the hospital. The civic-run Nair Hospital gets more than 200 casualties daily.

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