
Nivarana
May 21, 2025 at 07:01 AM
Manjar Alam was working at a construction site during the hot summer when he collapsed unexpectedly, his body unable to cope with the searing heat. There was no heatwave warning that day, and if there had been, it wouldn't have reached Alam because he didn't own a smartphone or read English. This story investigates the fatal blind spots in India’s heat warning system and why it fails the people most at risk.