Life after 40? A heatwave guide

As Bengaluru battles the blaze, a new project is breaking it down at the ward level: How do different areas fare? How are people viewing the change?

Bengaluru is in the midst of a brutal summer.

Thermal imagery represents heat levels at a petrol pump in Bengaluru. Idling vehicles turn the fuel station red, while areas around it remain a cooler blue.

Temperatures in April ranged between 35 and 38 degrees Celsius (consistently above the average of 34 degrees Celsius for this month). There were frequent power cuts, and the water crisis that made national news in March continued.

It wasn’t like this even 30 years ago, says Lakshman K, 65, a caretaker at the offices of the community arts and science space Bangalore Creative Circus. “Back in… the ’80s and ’90s, the