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This has been the case almost every year this decade in India. Also, it is quite common for the government departments to fudge data and report temperatures >

This has been the case almost every year this decade in India. Also, it is quite common for the government departments to fudge data and report temperatures > 50 Celsius as 49.x to avoid halting work / paying extra to those working under the Sun because there are regulations concerning this. Edit: I got to know about this practice being rampant through an activist in the South who is well versed with the labour laws.

harias 7y ago
>regulations concerning this Never heard of this. Do you have a source?
sn41 7y ago
I have never heard of this. In my experience, in central India, the district officials in many places are overactive in declaring daytime curfews when the temperature passes 45.
nonamechicken 7y ago
I am not sure if this is true. This is from my state (which is in South India) this year (March-April) when the temperature was in the 35-40 degrees range. Highest recorded was 42 degrees I think in a border district. I don't think South India crosses 40 most of the time. One place reached 47 in 2016 [3]. >With mercury levels in Kerala rising this summer, the state’s Labour Department has issued an order allowing mandatory break time for labourers to avoid sunstroke. All labourers in the state who are exposed to sunlight which could potentially lead to a sunstroke have been ordered to rest indoors between 12 pm and 3 pm during the summer months. >“Those working in the morning shift will get a break from 12 pm to 3 pm. Their work timings have been fixed at 8 hours from 7 in the morning to 7 in the evening. For the other shifts which begin after morning and post noon will be rescheduled to end before 12 pm and begin after 3 pm,” read the order. >In 2018 too, the State Labour Department had issued a similar order to reschedule the shift timings of labourers during the months of February and April to avoid exposure to heat from 12 pm to 3 pm. [1] [1] https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-govt-orders-mandatory-break-time-labourers-avoid-sun-stroke-97548 https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-govt-orders-man... [2] https://english.manoramaonline.com/districts/thiruvananthapuram/2019/03/28/labour-department-crack-down-hotels-staff-heat-wave.html https://english.manoramaonline.com/districts/thiruvananthapu... [3] https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/hottest-places-in-india-320941-2016-05-19 https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs...
- sateesh 7y ago
  There are many places in South India where the temperature crosses 40 and above during months of Apr-May. For example see temperatures at these places in Karnataka, and AP. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raichur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raichur (avg. temperature of 45.0 C in May) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurnool https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurnool (avg. temperature of 46.5 C in May)
rrrazdan 7y ago
Can you cite a source for this? This seems like an urban legend imported from Dubai or the UAE, where it may actually make sense. But I have never seen regulations or the 50 C mark being treated as some barometer of extreme heat in India.

harias 7y ago

>regulations concerning this Never heard of this. Do you have a source?

sn41 7y ago

I have never heard of this. In my experience, in central India, the district officials in many places are overactive in declaring daytime curfews when the temperature passes 45.

nonamechicken 7y ago

I am not sure if this is true. This is from my state (which is in South India) this year (March-April) when the temperature was in the 35-40 degrees range. Highest recorded was 42 degrees I think in a border district. I don't think South India crosses 40 most of the time. One place reached 47 in 2016 [3]. >With mercury levels in Kerala rising this summer, the state’s Labour Department has issued an order allowing mandatory break time for labourers to avoid sunstroke. All labourers in the state who are exposed to sunlight which could potentially lead to a sunstroke have been ordered to rest indoors between 12 pm and 3 pm during the summer months. >“Those working in the morning shift will get a break from 12 pm to 3 pm. Their work timings have been fixed at 8 hours from 7 in the morning to 7 in the evening. For the other shifts which begin after morning and post noon will be rescheduled to end before 12 pm and begin after 3 pm,” read the order. >In 2018 too, the State Labour Department had issued a similar order to reschedule the shift timings of labourers during the months of February and April to avoid exposure to heat from 12 pm to 3 pm. [1] [1] https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-govt-orders-mandatory-break-time-labourers-avoid-sun-stroke-97548 https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-govt-orders-man... [2] https://english.manoramaonline.com/districts/thiruvananthapuram/2019/03/28/labour-department-crack-down-hotels-staff-heat-wave.html https://english.manoramaonline.com/districts/thiruvananthapu... [3] https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/hottest-places-in-india-320941-2016-05-19 https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs...

sateesh 7y ago
There are many places in South India where the temperature crosses 40 and above during months of Apr-May. For example see temperatures at these places in Karnataka, and AP. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raichur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raichur (avg. temperature of 45.0 C in May) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurnool https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurnool (avg. temperature of 46.5 C in May)

rrrazdan 7y ago

Can you cite a source for this? This seems like an urban legend imported from Dubai or the UAE, where it may actually make sense. But I have never seen regulations or the 50 C mark being treated as some barometer of extreme heat in India.