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Delhi's Killer Heatwave and the Workers Who Build the City

With Delhi hitting 45°C and the government distributing summer kits to construction workers, the city is confronting a question it keeps deferring: who actually benefits from urban growth, and who pays the price when the thermometer becomes lethal?

By Moemedi Michael Poncana·south-asia·1-minute read·20 May 2026·Live on the wire ↗

This publication covered Delhi's heatwave response through the lens of labor protection rather than infrastructure disruption — a framing the wire services emphasized less in their initial reporting.