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SRI GANGANAGAR- INDIA : SURVIVING SOMEHOW AS INDIA'S hottest places get growingly hotter. In a sweltering desert - every routine must change right away to cope with the coming inferno.

THE UNBEARABLE temperatures that arrive every summer in India are a threat to lives and livelihoods, Medical services become bogged down. Economic output suffers.

For many Indians, there is no true escape from the heat. Air-conditioning is an impossible dream. Work is done outside, under the sun, and not to work means not to eat.

In the face of those realities, the daily rhythms of life are changing in India, the most populous country on a continent that is warming at a rate twice as fast as the global average.

We witnessed these new routines when we spent a day last month in Sri Ganganagar, a region in the desert state of Rajasthan that was the hottest place in the country in mid-June.

The temperatures on the day of our visit peaked at 47 degrees Celsius, or 117 Fahrenheit.

The next day was worse : 49 degrees Celsius, or 121 Fahrenheit. Relative humidity that has been rising over the past decade compounded the misery. Still life carried on. But for how long?

6 A.M. - 30 degrees C - 86 degrees F

Work in the fields and on construction sites begins early, even before dawn, to catch as many cooler hours as possible.

Kulwinder Singh and his son Gurveer were out weeding their cotton field. Gurveer then helped his mother prepare food for the cattle. His sister folded the sheets from woven beds in the courtyard, where the family sleeps at night to seek respite in the breeze.

9 A.M. - 36 degrees C - 97 degrees F

As temperatures started climbing, a canal on the edge of a village in the district was growing busy, as children jumped in to cool off. Anmol Verma, 16, who works in a car accessories shop, said he made several visits to the canal. '' All Day.''

11 A.M. - 43 degrees C - 108 degrees F

As temperatures kept climbing, the flow of patients at the government health clinic in the village of  Chak Maharaj Ka increased.

Dr. Purnima Bishnol, who manages the center, said villagers were well practised in reducing the heat's impact, avoiding the hottest hours outside and stocking rehydration remedies.

NOON - 43 degrees C - 109 degrees F

By noon, the construction workers had paused their plastering of a wall. But there wasn't much relief as they cooked their lunch under the baking sun.

The villages around Sri Ganganagar become largely deserted between midday and late afternoon, with people retreating indoors. But that was less of an option in the city proper.

Roadside carts remained open, and construction work continued in the blistering heat. The fire department tried to cool off the streets by spraying water and volunteers ran water stands.

'' The main thing is the laborers and people who work outside, '' said Dr. Deepak Monga, who leads the main hospital. '' They continue their work, because otherwise they die of hunger.''

3 P.M. - 47 degrees C - 117 degrees F

The temperature peaked at 47 degrees Celsius around 3 p.m. and remained there for a couple of hours.

On the highway leading to the village of Maharaj Ka, one family was busy rushing cups of water to travelers. 

Half of the family members filled buckets and glasses, while the other half rushed to stop red-eyed motorcycle riders, truck drivers and travelers passing through the area. Two women rinsed the cups between every run.

The family, who come out every afternoon during the hottest hours, described their offering of water as a charity in a society that sees good deeds as central to salvation.

'' This is the only thing that goes with you,'' said Bhupender Suliya, 20, who was rushing water '' Nothing else.''

7.30 P.M. - 37 degrees C -  99 degrees F

After sunset at 7:35 the temperature continued its downward trend. Children were still cooling off in the canal.

Gurmail Singh and his family, including grand-children, visiting from New Zealand prepared their beds outside in the courtyard. But he lamented that the nights remained warm.

'' Who can fall asleep in this heat? '' Mr. Singh said.

The Honour and Serving of the Latest Global Operational Research on Climate & Survival, continues.  The World Students Society thanks Mujib Mashal and Hari Kumar.

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