New Delhi, May 26 -- As Delhi records the warmest night in 14 years, a large part of the country is burning, including Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Telangana.

According to former World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist, Dr Soumya Swaminathan its a right for a long-term solution for setting up a Heat Commission to protect lives and livelihoods.

"It's the right time for India to set up a heat commission, a commission that will make recommendations on what should be the interventions that we have to put in place to protect lives and livelihoods...humid heat is actually a bigger threat to health, because the body is unable to cool itself down," said Swaminathan.

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