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India’s megacities are not cooling down even during nights in the summer months, according to a report. These cities also face significant heat stress during the Monsoon. In fact, the heat index (HI) in major metro cities in the country has majorly risen since 2010 compared to a decade earlier, a latest report by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) pointed out.
Concretisation, rising humidity along with global warming have played a role in increasing the heat index of highly populated and urban cities.
The annual mean land surface air temperature averaged over India during 2023 was 0.65 degree
