India, March 28 -- Even as Pune continues to reel under rising temperatures, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for rainfall across the district on March 30 and 31, indicating a shift toward pre-monsoon weather activity.

Over the past few days, there has been a noticeable rise in both daytime and nighttime temperatures, making the conditions unusually warm for March. On Friday, minimum temperatures crossed the 20degC mark at multiple locations across Pune. In the first such instance this summer, Shivajinagar registered a minimum temperature of 21.3degC. Pashan recorded similar, warm nighttime conditions whereas Lohegaon and Chinchwad recorded significantly higher minimum temperatures at 25.6degC and 25.4d...