AGARTALA, May 5 (TIWN): Although the rain had showered relief for the time being from the scorching heat once again the heat waves has hit the state since Thursday morning.

Sense heat conditions continued to make life miserable on Thursday for people in Tripura, with the mercury hovering around 35 degrees Celsius across the state.

Rise in day temperatures has started to affect road traffic and marketplaces have started to wear a deserted look mainly during afternoons. Even the evenings have not been pleasant for quite some time.

With the summer season hits the state, people are experiencing bad weather with high temperature and is in grip of heat waves.

Besides, frequent power cuts for long stretches are only adding to the woes of the residents who have to do with an acute shortage of drinking water as rivers, ponds and wells have gone dry.

However, the hot surface wind along with the frequent power cut in the state has added woes on the daily life of the state.

People in the state are avoid coming out in the scorching heat. It seems like accept the office going people, students and the employed people none others like to come out from their houses, until and unless any emergency comes up.

Heat waves and sultry weather scare vehicle riders and pedestrians, and it resulted in roads wearing a deserted look during the day. Cases of sun stroke are on reports due to massive scorching heat hits the state.

On the other hand, people residing in the interior parts of the state mainly for the women it has become a daily routine for water under the scorching sun. As many villages in the state are hit with dry and parched.

The scenes of people walking in long lines with vessels on their heads are common.

It has been a week that the people of Tripura are massively hit with the rising temperature in this summer.