(10 Jun 2025)
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New Delhi – 10 June 2025
1. Various of heat haze at president’s residence
2. Various of security personnel drinking cold lemonade at stall
3. Photographers waiting for tourists, with their heads wrapped in white cloth to protect from intense heat
4. Family walking, child holding umbrella to protect himself from heat
5. Ryan Rodriguez, tourist from US drinking lemonade
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ryan Rodriguez, Tourist from US:
“It’s pretty hot here.. I just came from a trip from the Middle East, so I am sort of adjusting to it but [this is] much hotter than Virginia. I have got a drink here, a lemon drink, that’s helping me beat the heat.”
7. Various of water sprinklers
8. Two men standing with their heads wrapped in white cloth, visible through the water sprinklers
9. Various of dog sitting on damp soil near the water sprinklers
10. Crow sips water from puddle and flies away
11. Various of men resting under shade of trees
12. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Pradeep Kumar, Autorickshaw driver:
“This heat makes us very tired. We drink water to keep up but many times our health gets affected and I suffer loose motions. Our income is also impacted because of the heat. I have to return to my home during noon time. I get a little work during the evening or night time. It is difficult to drive through the night as well. I feel troubled."
13. Wide of women covering their heads with caps and scarves, holding an umbrella
14. Women walking with their heads covered with scarves
15. Various of screen showing heatwave alerts for India
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Naresh Kumar, India Meteorological Department:
“So we did not experience the heatwave as we were expecting in the month of May. Now, what happens, now almost the weather is dry so slowly temperatures are starting rising gradually. Now we are experiencing heatwave over Rajasthan area and even south Punjab, south Haryana, south Uttar Pradesh, north Madhya Pradesh and even Jammu Kashmir which is likely to continue for the next three days.”
17. Various of labourer Adbul Wahab digging
18. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Abdul Wahab, Labourer:
“Now whether it is hot or something else, you will have to do (work) to feed your stomach. Or will we not have to do it. Tell me? We are forced to do it to fill our stomachs.”
19. Various of residents drinking coconut water
STORYLINE:
A blistering heatwave is sweeping across northern India with temperatures soaring above the normal, disrupting daily life and raising health concerns.
The mercury shot up to 47.3 degree Celsius (117 degrees Fahrenheit) in Sri Ganganagar, a desert city in the northwestern state of Rajasthan on Monday, according to the Indian Meteorological Department.
The record for the country is 51 degrees Celsius (124 degrees Fahrenheit), set in May 2016 at Phalodi in Rajasthan.
The searing heat is not just a seasonal discomfort and underscores a growing challenge for the country’s overwhelmed health infrastructure. A prolonged exposure to extreme temperatures often causes heat strokes, mainly impacting the poor, outdoor workers, children, and the elderly.
Last year, a heatwave across swathes of India killed more than 100 people and led to over 40,000 suspected cases of heat stroke, as per data from the health ministry.
Ryan Rodriguez, a 22-year-old tourist from the US was seen sipping a lemonade to keep himself cool in New Delhi.
For autorickshaw driver Pradeep Kumar, the scorching heat was taking a toll on his health and impacting household income as people avoided daytime commuting.
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