Parts of northern India scorched by extreme heat with New Delhi on alert
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(18 May 2024)
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New Delhi - 18 May 2024
1. India’s Presidential Palace, heat haze
2. Person resting under tree shade as another person waters grass
3. Various of people walking, some wearing hats or protecting their faces with their hands
4. Satish Kumar Gupta, rickshaw driver, waiting for passengers
5. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Satish Kumar Gupta, 57, rickshaw driver:
“We are facing problems because of the heat. There is no work in the market, the public is not coming, it’s nearly empty.”
6. Various of Pravin Kamath, cold drinks cart vendor
7. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Pravin Kamath, 28, cold drinks cart vendor:
“It is very hot. Because of the heat, I don’t feel like coming to work, but I still must come. What can I do? I’m poor, so I have to do it.”
8. Various of a man drinking water
STORYLINE:
Parts of northwest India sweltered under scorching temperatures on Saturday, with the capital New Delhi under a severe weather alert as extreme temperatures strike parts of the country.
India's weather department expects heat wave conditions to persist across the north for the next few days and has put several states on high alert.
On Friday, parts of New Delhi reported up to 47.1 degrees Celsius (116 degrees Fahrenheit). The nearby states of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan also saw temperatures soar and are likely to stay high over the next few days, said Soma Sen Roy, a scientist at the India Meteorological Department.
Roy cautioned people against going outdoors under the afternoon sun, drink lots of water and wear loose-fitting clothes while those who are especially vulnerable like the elderly should stay indoors.
The extreme temperatures in northern India coincide with a 6-week-long general election, with experts worried that the heat wave could increase health risks as people wait in long lines to cast their vote or candidates campaign aggressively in the outdoors. One minister fainted due to heat last month while addressing an election rally in Maharashtra state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as his main challenger, Rahul Gandhi of the opposition Congress Party, are expected to hold rallies in New Delhi later on Saturday, as the city heads to the polls on May 25.
Satish Kumar, a 57-year-old rickshaw driver in the capital, said his work was suffering because of the heat. “People are not coming outside, (markets) are nearly empty,” he said.
Pravin Kamath, a 28-year-old who runs a cart selling cold drinks, complained that it was so hot he could hardly stand being outdoors. “But I must work. What can I do? I am poor so I have to do it.”
The main summer months — April, May and June — are always hot in most parts of India before monsoon rains bring cooler temperatures. But the heat has become more intense in the past decade and is usually accompanied by severe water shortages, with tens of millions of India's 1.4 billion people lacking running water.
A study by World Weather Attribution, an academic group that examines the source of extreme heat, found that a searing heat wave in April that struck parts of Asia was made at least 45 times more likely in some parts of the continent by climate change.
Climate experts say extreme heat in South Asia during the pre-monsoon season is becoming more frequent and the study found that extreme temperatures are now about 0.85 C (1.5 F) hotter in the region because of climate change.
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