Prasannkumar 
An iconic skyline in the Chinese city of Shanghai – called The Bund – will not be lit for two nights to save power, officers say.
The waterfront area – known for its mix of historical and futuristic buildings – is a popular tourist destination.
Elsewhere in China, major producers in the Sichuan province told the reportes they had been hit by power cuts.
Big parts of the world’s second largest economy face a severe drought amid a record-breaking heatwave.
In a notice on Sunday, the Shanghai Landscaping and City Appearance Administrative Bureau said buildings in the Bund, which are located along the city’s largest river, will not be lit on Monday and Tuesday.
“We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause,” it said in the notice.
China issued its first national drought alert of the year last week, after areas including Shanghai in the Yangtze Delta region and Sichuan in southwest China experienced weeks of extreme heat.
The ‘yellow alert’ is the third most severe level on the official scale.
Officials in the Sichuan province, where temperatures have exceeded 40C (104F), said in a recent declaration that arising temperatures and low rainfall, along with increased demand for air conditioning, had caused the power shortages.
The province has extended its power saving measures by five days to Thursday, according to media reports. These limit the power supply to some industry businesses.
A Volkswagen spokesperson said the firm expects “a slight delay” in deliveries that it could recover “in the near future”.
“We are monitoring the situation and are in close exchange with our suppliers,” the spokesperson added.
Apple supplier Foxconn, which also shut its plant in Sichuan, said the impact on its production was currently “not significant”.
Meanwhile, Japanese auto giant Toyota told the reporters it was gradually resuming production in Sichuan “utilising in-house power generation”.
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