Heat wave grips India
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A man walks on the dried and cracked storage area of the Manjara Dam in Dhanegaon, Maharashtra. Scientists and activists have warned that relentless and unchecked groundwater extraction has led to a precipitous drop in water tables across India. (Anshuman Poyrekar/ht photo)
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A man is seen filling water in containers from a fast-drying dam in Ranchi, Jharkhand. (Parwaz Khan/HT Photo)
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Workers store water in a privately-owned well near the Latur railway station. Two special trains carrying around 10 lakh litre water have reached the drought-hit district which comes under the Marathwada region. (Anshuman Poyrekar/ht photo)
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Residents queue up to fetch water from a borewell in Nagarsonga village of Latur district. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)
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Villagers of Karim Nagar in Latur district wait for their turn to get some potable water. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)
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Birds take a dip in the water during a hot afternoon in Delhi. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)
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A man covers his face as he walks through a dust storm on the banks of the Ganga river in Allahabad. (REUTERS)
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A woman wipes her face on a hot afternoon in Kolkata. Temperatures have risen unusually in the first week of April with several parts of the country recording deviations of more than +5°C. (Ashok Nath Dey/HT photo)
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A woman walks past a shop selling fans in Kolkata. Weather officials attribute the early onset of heat to after-effects of the weather phenomenon El Nino that caused poor monsoon last year. (Ashok Nath Dey/HT Photo)
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A woman waits for her turn to fetch water from a tanker in drought hit Latur district. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)
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