The inhabitants of this country are burning in heat, temperatures reaching about 50 degrees Fahrenheit [50 ° C]

The country's north, as well as neighboring Pakistan, is in the grip of a burning heat vape with temperatures reaching up to 47 degrees Celsius. India is especially sensitive to the rise in temperatures that scientists associate with climate change and global warming.

Since 1992, some 250,000 Indians have died from severe heat waves. But over the past two years, the number of people who have changed their lives because of extreme heat - related diseases has dropped significantly, from two to four hundred years ago, when they even began melting roads, to a little over 200 deaths registered last year.

For public health authorities, this is a triumph of practical thought. A combination of awareness campaigns with medical staff training, as well as other simple policy changes such as leaving the public garden gate open during the day has prevented thousands of deaths at little cost.

During hot periods, school days have been reduced, free water is distributed on the more frequent streets, and dwellings in slums have been painted with light - turning white paint, causing the temperature inside the house to drop by 5 degrees.

Doctors don't take holidays in hot days, they have to check the thermometer and make sure that in difficult moments, the hospital will have enough staff.