(18 May 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY :
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Delhi - 18 May 2024
1. India’s Presidential Palace, heat haze
2. Various of people resting under tree shade, covering their heads
3. Various of people walking with umbrellas hats or protecting their faces with their hands
4. Various of India map showing heatwave conditions with alerts
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Soma Sen Roy, Indian Meteorological Department:
"This is maybe the first episode of the season when we have widespread heatwave conditions over northwest India, mainly because there is a lack of strong western disturbances which generally bring cloud cover and fall in day temperatures. So, currently for example, yesterday Delhi reported up to 46.3 (Celsius - 115.3 degrees Fahrenheit) in our observatory in Aya Nagar and 47.1 (Celsius - 116.7 degrees Fahrenheit) at Najafgarh automatic weather station. So similar temperatures are persisting throughout northwest India.”
6. Various of India Gate
7. Various of a man drinking water
8. Man and woman with her head covered walking
9. Satish Kumar Gupta, rickshaw driver, waiting for passengers
10. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Satish Kumar Gupta, 57, rickshaw driver:
“We are facing problems because of the heat. There is no work in the market, the public is not coming, it’s nearly empty.”
11. Various of Pravin Kamath, cold drinks cart vendor
12. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Pravin Kamath, 28, cold drinks cart vendor: “It is very hot. Because of the heat, I don’t feel like coming to work, but I still must come. What can I do? I’m poor, so I have to do it.”
13. Various of water tankers being filled
14. Various of pigeons
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mumbai - 17 May 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
15. Wide of crowd at election rally
16. Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi and leader of Aam Aadmi Party addressing crowd
17. Wide of crowd
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Delhi - 18 May 2024
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Soma Sen Roy, Indian Meteorological Department: “This year elections are a big issue. Because of which, outside movement is increasing, so a heatwave becomes a very dangerous phenomenon under such circumstances.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Delhi - 17 May 2024
19. Woman voting at her home
20. Man voting in his home
STORYLINE:
Parts of northwest India sweltered under scorching temperatures on Saturday, with the capital New Delhi under a severe weather alert as extreme temperatures strike parts of the country.
India's weather department expects heat wave conditions to persist across the north for the next few days and has put several states on high alert.
On Friday, parts of New Delhi reported up to 47.1 degrees Celsius (116 degrees Fahrenheit). The nearby states of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan also saw temperatures soar and are likely to stay high over the next few days, said Soma Sen Roy, a scientist at the India Meteorological Department.
Roy cautioned people against going outdoors under the afternoon sun, drink lots of water and wear loose-fitting clothes while those who are especially vulnerable like the elderly should stay indoors.
The extreme temperatures in northern India coincide with a 6-week-long general election, with experts worried that the heat wave could increase health risks as people wait in long lines to cast their vote or candidates campaign aggressively in the outdoors. One minister fainted due to heat last month while addressing an election rally in Maharashtra state.
Satish Kumar, a 57-year-old rickshaw driver in the capital, said his work was suffering because of the heat. “People are not coming outside, (markets) are nearly empty,” he said.
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