Ludhiana: A scorching early-season heatwave has left local residents with nowhere to dive, as the city’s landmark Olympic-size swimming pool remains closed due to bureaucratic delays and a failed tendering process.Despite soaring temperatures, the municipal corporation’s (MC) 50-m pool near Rakh Bagh — the city’s largest facility — is unlikely to open until mid-May. While…

Ludhiana: Residents grappled with intense heat on Monday as maximum temperature hovered around the 40 degrees Celsius mark. The meteorological department has issued a heatwave alert for the district for the next few days.According to the Met department, maximum (day) temperature in Ludhiana was recorded at 39.4 degrees Celsius, which is 3.9 degrees Celsius above…