Bengaluru recorded 36.6°C on March 30, the hottest temperature recorded in that month in the past five years, and on April 2, it reached 37.2°C, making it the fourth-highest temperature in the last 15 years
Experts cite multiple reasons for the rise in temperature in the tech capital, including the impact of El Niño, the heat-island effect resulting from diminishing green cover and encroachments on water bodies, concretisation, and glass facade buildings.