The Maharashtra cabinet on Thursday also approved a revised policy for the removal of silt and silt-mixed sand from six major irrigation reservoirs on a pilot basis

Jalgaon in Madhya Maharashtra emerged as the hottest location in the state, recording a maximum temperature of 42.5 degrees Celsius, closely followed by Malegaon at 42.4 degrees Celsius and Akola in Vidarbha at 42.2 degrees Celsius