Extreme Heat and Heatwave testing everyone across most of India

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May to July are the months of extreme heat across most of India. However, this year, large parts of India are having temperatures above 42 C - in fact nearly 46 to 47 C - so 1 to 3 C above normal. It is a heatwave coupled with dangerous and dehydrating dry winds called as "Loo". It feels like a Desert outside. People with means do manage to keep themselves hydrated. Yet those exposed to high heat and not so sufficient means can suffer. They are more exposed to heat stroke and dehydration. State and Central Governments are doing arrangements to tackle the situation and response is better than what it was some 8 to 10 years back. Yet much more needs to be done Some reports point to cutting of many shade providing trees for more cultivable land in many parts of India. And now people are bearing the consequences.... Will all of us do something!! A big question!