The cost of labour in a simmering city
New Delhi, May 2 -- A labourer carries her child in a sling while balancing bricks on her head, while an old man sits next to her on the road, making a clay pot. A sweating auto rickshaw driver zooms past them. Two children stand listlessly on the side of the road, waving handheld fans made from recycled waste, under the scorching sun. In East Delhi's Sunder Nagri, a packed residential locality with a mainly working-class population, this daily scene has been made into a mural by the very people facing the deleterious effects of above normal temperatures.
They hope that the mural will draw attention to the impact residents of this area, with densely packed buildings and cramped households devoid of air conditioners face, particularly during...
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