Workers operate excavators amidst burning garbage after a fire broke out at the Bhalaswa landfill in New Delhi on April 28, 2022. Prakash SINGH / AFP
Heatwaves have killed over 6,500 people in India since 2010, and scientists say climate change is making them harsher and more frequent across South Asia. The Indian states of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh imposed power cuts on factories as consumption for air conditioning and fans skyrocketed.
Water shortages will hit farmers hardest, including those growing wheat as India aims to boost exports to help ease a global shortage due to the war in Ukraine.“Heat wave conditions are likely to prevail over the northern plains as well as the central parts of the country throughout this week,” while “severe heat wave conditions” were forecast for west Rajasthan on May 1-2, the India Meteorological Department said Thursday in a weather review.
“Temperatures are rising rapidly in the country, and rising much earlier than usual,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday, adding that India has seen “increasing incidents of fires in various places — in forests, important buildings and in hospitals — in the past few days.” Pradeep Khandelwal, the former head of Delhi’s waste management, said they were likely sparked by warmer temperatures speeding up the decomposition of organic waste.
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