Amid India’s patchy response to rising heat waves, low-tech fixes show some promise

Summer is in full swing in India and many cities are suffering scorching heat, fueled in part by climate change. In the second of a two-part series looking at the dangers of extreme heat in India, Sushmita Pathak reports from Delhi on some low-tech solutions to the problem.

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