'What else can I do?': As extreme temperatures in some parts of India reach 120°F, families like Jeetu's, who sells clothes in a cart for a living, are forced to choose between going to work under the agonizing heat, or let their families starve.
— Shiv Shankar, 54, works all day on a construction site in the blistering New Delhi sun. He can't even think of taking a day off to avoid the deadly heat wave that has gripped India's capital and much of the country's north since late March. That would mean losing a day's wages, and his family of four simply can't afford it.
, increasing the demand for energy while triggering electricity blackouts, forcing authorities to shut schools, and prompting officials to warn people to stay indoors.A boy stands in line to collect water from a tanker provided by the municipal corporation at a slum in New Delhi, India, as much of the country suffers under a record-breaking heat wave, May 18, 2022."I have seen heat waves before, but this is something entirely different," Shankar told CBS News on Thursday.
Authorities do urge workers to take time off on the hottest days, but as laborers only get paid if they're on the job, that can mean a crippling loss of income for millions of families like Shankar's. "In both India and the U.S., this means that those who are the most vulnerable — for example, the elderly, and often those who have jobs that force them to work outside or those who are too poor to afford to purchase and run air conditioning — will be the most impacted," Parsons said."I earn 300 to 400 rupees a day," Shiv Kumar Mandal, a rickshaw driver in Delhi's shopping district, told CBS News on Friday.
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