Bearing the brunt of a stifling heatwave, Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 42.6 degrees Celsius on Monday, the highest in April in five years, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Northern India is in the grip of a heat wave, with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius. DW's Delhi team went out to see how people are coping.
A 'severe heat wave' scorched Delhi on Friday, with the Safdarjung Observatory, its base station, recording a maximum temperature of 41.6 degrees Celsius, seven notches above normal and the highest this year so far, according to the weather office.
Delhi on Tuesday recorded the season's hottest day. The weather department has predicted severe heatwave conditions for the next three days at some places in Delhi.