Hot take (quite literally):

Maybe it's about time India should introduce restrictions on working outside above certain temperatures.

Currently, several countries like China, Poland, Portugal, Qatar etc. have well-established regulations on prohibiting any sort of work outside, when temperatures are above a certain threshold, typically around 30-40°C.

Meanwhile in India, temperatures above 40°C (even upto 50°C in some places) during peak summer is completely normalised. Add the typical long working hours and most job environments being subpar, violating safety protocols, and you have a recipe for super quick mass deaths.

Having a "too hot to work" policy would not only benefit workers with the immediate relief of not having to work in harsh weathers that could literally kill them, but also encourage governments and corporate entities alike to take initiatives to slow down and/or halt climate change, ensuring temperature in places are habitable enough.

#climatechange #india #globalwarming #workerrights #heat

@NLBRT i'm a bit more cynical about the changes coming through policy. Why would a capitalist-class government that's willing to drop bombs from drones onto protesting peasants and tribes ever care about people dropping dead due to heat and exhaustion?