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Soaring mercury sparks widespread concerns in India
Prolonged heatwave prompts calls to change work and school hours, among other moves
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Debarshi Dasgupta India Correspondent In New Delhi & Rohini Mohan India Correspondent In Bangalore, Debarshi Dasgupta, Rohini Mohan
Mr Prem Kumar showed his grubby right palm, revealing a lesion under his ring finger.
It is an injury the 22-year-old worker suffered at a construction site in Noida in northern India, which has been experiencing a prolonged heatwave along with many other parts of the country.
