In Uttar Pradesh various divisions of the state including Garhwal, Bareily, Allahabad , Varanasi, Faizabad, Agra and Lucknow have been experiencing above normal temperatures for almost a fortnight.
But the helicopters and small aircraft from neighbouring Tajikistan and Pakistan that at once started to arrive in Faizabad, carrying medical and other relief supplies to be flown to outlying villages, were soon desperately overstretched.