Delhi has already started recording high temperatures, with the maximum readings breaching the 40-degree Celsius mark. Forecasts predict a heatwave between 25-26 April.
The first step in Nepalgunj was for researchers from the Climate Centre and the Nepal Red Cross Society to identify areas of the city at greatest risk and the people within them.
On 16 April last year, heat complications killed 14 people after a political event in Maharashtra’s Kharghar. But peak-heat rallies with large crowds are still a cause for concern.
The DDMA, which prepared the plan & submitted it to Centre last month, also plans a pilot project to paint roofs in identified areas with white colour to help keep the indoors cooler.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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