44°C. 21 deliveries. As little as ₹20 per order. This is what it takes to deliver a lunch amidst a searing heatwave in Delhi. Prakhar Dobhal Swara Garge

Surging tourism brings income and migrants — but also crowds, traffic, and climate strain — prompting new restrictions in a town...

Scorching heat in Ludhiana grips migrant workers walking, cycling or taking buses to work – and even an early morning ride is a losing battle against heat stress. Anuj Behal A factory worker cycles to work in Ludhiana’s Industrial area-A in the early morning hours to beat the scorching heat. Rajneesh Verma/The Migration Story   LUDHIANA, Punjab: By 7 am, the sun is blazing and heating up both the asphalt and the bodies on the road. At the crack of dawn, Ram Kumar, 28, scramb

Workers in spinning mills suffer from headaches, dehydration, infections and worse due to intense heat, poor ventilation and a lack of...

No doctors back home. No money for private care. For India’s poor, AIIMS Delhi is the last hope.But as they wait on pavements for cancer,...

Mumbaikars living in the city's sprawling slums are spending more and more on air conditioners, coolers and exhaust fans, even they if...

As Delhi sizzles past 45°C, thousands of migrant workers face the city’s brutal heat without rest, shade, or protection. Prakhar Dobhal...

In Bengaluru’s low-income settlements, homes built with heat-trapping material, poor ventilation, irregular electricity and water supply,...

It’s April and heatwaves are already sweeping parts of India. What steps are the central and state governments taking to protect citizens...

From green shades to cold wards, municipalities are experimenting with measures to cope with rising heat. But the long-term solution lies...

For migrant workers hopping onto long-distance trains, it is the consolation of being home that spurs them to overlook the challenges of journeys made with limited means, particularly access to clean and affordable drinking water Ishita Dey Neetu Singh A resident of Bihar, migrant worker Vikas refills his plastic container at the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction Station in Uttar Pradesh. Neetu Singh/The Migration Story On board Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express: Ashwini Kum

Bedmakers, construction workers and street vendors landed in Kashmir in larger numbers this year as relentless heatwaves swept across their home states in northern India, disrupting outdoor work Mohammad Aatif Ammad Kanth A newly stitched mattress being readied for sale in Dethu village, Jammu & Kashmir.  Mohammad Aatif Ammad Kanth/The Migration Story ANANTNAG ,  Jammu & Kashmir: Young bedmaker Mohammad Najim spread out his wares — mattresses, quilts, and pillows — under a wa

Unconscious, frothing in the mouth, holding ice packs: Migrant workers are the biggest casualty of India's worst heatwave