Hyderabad, May 20 -- A national civil society alliance has written to Telangana Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy demanding immediate and legally enforceable measures to protect informal workers from extreme heat, warning that inaction would amount to a violation of their fundamental rights.

The National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM), Telangana, in its letter dated Wednesday, May 20, acknowledged the state government's recently released Heat Wave Action Plan 2026 but said it fell short of addressing the specific vulnerabilities of lakhs of workers, including street vendors, construction workers, waste pickers, sanitation workers, delivery workers and domestic workers who work in open or poorly ventilated conditions with ...