A labourer works at a construction site on a hot summer day in Noida, India, May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

Traffic moves on a road in a heat haze during hot weather on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Amit Dave 

A woman walks with her face covered to protect herself from the heat on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

People sleep on the Yamuna river bed under a bridge on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A vet provides medicine to an eagle after it was dehydrated due to heat at Jivdaya Charitable Trust, a non-governmental rehabilitation centre for birds and animals, during hot weather in Ahmedabad, India, May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Amit Dave TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Labourers work at a construction site on a hot summer day in Noida, India, May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

A man cools off under a pipe of flowing water on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

A labourer drinks water from a tanker at a construction site on a hot summer day, in Noida, India, May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

A boy jumps into the Sabarmati river to cool off during hot weather in Ahmedabad, India, May 7, 2022. REUTERS/Amit Dave 

Men sleep in the shade on the banks of the Yamuna river on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

A woman walks on the bottom of a dried pond on a hot day in Mauharia village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 4, 2022. Picture taken May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Ritesh Shukla 

A man sleeps under a bridge on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

A man cools off under a pipe of flowing water on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A caretaker feeds water mixed with multivitamins to a parakeet after it was dehydrated due to heat at Jivdaya Charitable Trust, a non-governmental rehabilitation centre for birds and animals, during hot weather in Ahmedabad, India, May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Amit Dave 

Women and children carry containers after filling them with water at an abandoned stone quarry on a hot day in Chipiya Abhaypur village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 4, 2022. Picture taken May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Ritesh Shukla 

People fetch water from a pit at an abandoned stone quarry on a hot day in Badama village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 4, 2022. Picture taken May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Ritesh Shukla 

A worker waits to load ice blocks onto a truck, at an ice factory, on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 1, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A woman fills a plastic container with drinking water from a municipal tanker, on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 1, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

Cattle drink water at an abandoned stone quarry on a hot day in Chipiya Abhaipur village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 4, 2022. Picture taken May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Ritesh Shukla 

Women carry containers after filling them with water at an abandoned stone quarry on a hot day in Badama village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 4, 2022. Picture taken May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Ritesh Shukla 

A labourer drinks water from a public drinking water tap on a hot summer day in the old quarters of Delhi, India, May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

People carry water containers near an abandoned stone quarry on a hot day in Badama village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 4, 2022. Picture taken May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Ritesh Shukla 

Women and a girl fill containers with water from an abandoned stone quarry on a hot day in Badama village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 4, 2022. Picture taken May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Ritesh Shukla 

A man bathes under a broken water pipeline on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

Labourers work at a construction site on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

Women labourers sort out cloth pieces under a makeshift tent on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 1, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis