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For the last couple of months, India has been experiencing a blistering heat wave.

Temperatures above 40 degrees are pretty debilitating. This heat has been unprecedented because

it's come earlier in the year. Not only do you have very hot days, but then your body is not able to recuperate

because you're not even having temperatures go down at night.

The capital Delhi has seen temperatures rise to a record 49 degrees Celsius.

And the heat is costing the Indian economy more than a hundred billion dollars a year.

You can't expect the person who was doing like say two hours or three hours of continuous activity

to do similar in this heat. People do get tired, the workers, the laborers, and you will have to take it with a pinch of

salt, the drop in productivity. I'm Rahal Tandon, and in today's Business Daily, we're exploring

what can be done in a country that I know well, where much of its economic activity is dependent

on people working outside.

Lives and livelihoods have been thrown into disarray because of the extreme heat.

Hi, my name is Captain Shaukudmukhji and I'm speaking from Mumbai, India. If I look around,

it's sweltering heat and what we experienced in March was unprecedented, you know. I was in

Lachnau a few days back and just a walk of 200 meters out under the sun. I mean, I almost felt sick. It's,

it's amazing and it's really hard on us.

Hi, my name is Shubra Shah.

I live in Kolkata and currently it is almost 40 degrees.

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