The temperature in India is close to 50 degrees Celsius. What did the government do?

Northern India has been hit by heat waves for several days. The highest temperature in New Delhi, the capital, was 40 degrees Celsius on June 2, and the temperature in some areas approached 50 degrees. The local government in India has introduced a series of low-cost measures such as free water supply and reflective coating on the roof, which has greatly reduced the number of people killed by heat waves.

The meteorological department warned earlier this year that northern, western and central India will be hotter this summer than in previous years. Hot weather kills many Indians every year. It is estimated that about 25,000 Indians have died from the heat wave since 1992. 20 10 in may, Ahmedabad, the capital of Gujarat state in western India, was hit by a heat wave, causing more than 1 100 deaths.

In the past two years, the number of people killed by heat waves has been greatly reduced. According to the data released by Indian government departments, 2040 Indians died of hot weather in 2065,438+05, and the death toll decreased by about half in 2065,438+06, and further decreased to more than 200 in 2065,438+07.

According to some public health experts, the number of people killed by the heat wave has been greatly reduced, on the one hand, due to the increased publicity of the public, and on the other hand, due to a series of simple and low-cost measures adopted by local governments.