Daytime temperatures in Delhi consistently reach 43°C, while minimum temperatures hover around 32.4°C (90.3°F). Last week marked the warmest May night in 14 years. Government heat alerts are frequent, yet more than 300,000 people living on the streets remain exposed. Homelessness increases vulnerability because access to food, water, and healthcare is unreliable. During Delhi’s heatwave last summer, at least 192 homeless people died over nine days, according to the Centre for Holistic Development. Shahida, who has lived under a Delhi flyover for nearly 20 years, now worries about keeping her nine-month-old daughter safe as her family of 10 sleeps on pavement under pop-up mosquito nets.
"During Delhi's heatwave last summer, at least 192 homeless people died over a nine-day period, according to a report by the Centre for Holistic Development."
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]