India's Struggle with Heat Waves and Human Survival Limits

Indian authorities need more resources and better preparation to deal with searing heat, particularly for the most vulnerable communities around the country, a New Delhi-based think tank said. At least 26,000 people have died due to heat in the last 30 years in India alone. The Centre for Policy Research found that the heat action plans are not updated regularly, don’t have separate budgets in most cases, have no legal support to implement them and the most vulnerable populations in any given region are not identified in the plans.