Amid India's mammoth general election, millions have had to brave heatwave conditions. Across the country, record temperatures above 50C have been recorded - now chaos has broken out as people living in camps flock to water trucks.
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As a considerable part of India experiences severe heatwave, necessitating the need for air conditioners and coolers round the clock, power demand on Tuesday was at its seasonal high at 234 gigawatt (GW). Further, according to the State Load Despatch Center (SLDC) data today, Delhi's peak power demand clocked 7717 MW; the highest ever in the history of the national capital.
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