Indian voters battle heatwave to cast their ballots

Record ID: 1819108

  • Title: Indian voters battle heatwave to cast their ballots
  • Date: 19th April 2024
  • Summary: DANTEWADA, CHHATTISGARH, INDIA (APRIL 19, 2024) (ANI - No use India) VOTERS GATHERING UNDER TENT OUTSIDE POLLING STATION VOTERS, INCLUDING ELDERLY PEOPLE, SEATED VARIOUS OF VOTERS WAITING AT POLLING STATION EARTHEN POTS OF WATER BEING STORED ON MOUNDS OF SOIL TO KEEP WATER COOL (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) VOTER, VIMAL DIXIT, SAYING: "The district administration of Dantwewada has made special arrangements for senior citizens and disabled voters. They have provided voters with water facilities and installed a tent for shade. Their transportation facilities are also helpful. So people are not facing many difficulties and they're coming here and exercising their right to vote." JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA (APRIL 19, 2024) (ANI - No use India) VARIOUS OF ELDERLY COUPLE WALKING TOWARD POLLING STATION VARIOUS OF VOTERS STANDING IN QUEUE UNDER SHADE VOTERS SHOWING INKED FINGERS AFTER CASTING BALLOT AT PHOTO BOOTH ELDERLY WOMAN IN WHEELCHAIR ARRIVING TO VOTE (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) VOTER, RAJENDRA SHARMA, SAYING: "Irrespective of the candidates, our job is to cast our vote. This is our first duty and if we do not fulfil this responsibility, then everything else that comes after is faraway. This is why the public should come to vote despite the situation, even under the scorching sun." NAGPUR, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA (APRIL 19, 2024) (ANI - No use India) VOTERS QUEUING UNDER TENT OUTSIDE POLLING STATION, SEEKING SHADE AMID HEATWAVE CONDITIONS SUN SHINING VOTERS QUEUING WOMAN VOTER FANNING HERSELF WHILE WAITING IN QUEUE VARIOUS OF VOTERS WEARING HEADSCARVES FOR PROTECTION FROM HEAT OUTSIDE STATION (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) VOTER, SWATI KAMLESH GAUR, SAYING: "Everyone feels very hot indeed and the sunlight is quite harsh. However, despite the harsh conditions we are coming to vote. People are getting dehydrated too but they must still show up because voting is even more important than eating." MAN AND WOMAN WITH HEADS COVERED RIDING MOTORBIKE TRAFFIC ON ROAD, PEOPLE WALKING WITH FACES COVERED NEW DELHI, INDIA (APRIL 19, 2024) (ANI - No use India) (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) SENIOR SCIENTIST AT INDIAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, NARESH KUMAR, SAYING: "We have issued a 'yellow' (referring to severely bad weather) alert warning for heatwave and hot and humid conditions, majorly in Tamil Nadu. There are signs of high humidity over there, and heatwave conditions in one or two areas of interior Tamil Nadu. So, we have also issued an advisory asking people to increase their consumption of water, wear loose clothing and cover their heads for protection." CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA (APRIL 19, 2024) (ANI - No use India) TRAFFIC MOVING ON ROAD
  • Embargoed: 3rd May 2024 12:12
  • Keywords: Elections Heatwave India Voters
  • Location: VARIOUS, INDIA
  • City: VARIOUS, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA001644619042024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: QUALITY AS INCOMING
    Voters in India have come out to polling stations to cast their ballot in the first phase of the general elections on Friday (April 19), despite parts of the country facing heatwave conditions.
    Polling stations have set up tents outside stations to provide shade to the voters waiting in queue for their turn, most of whom wore headscarves to stay protected from the harsh sun.
    The weather office issued an alert for severe heatwave conditions in the southern region of the country, including Tamil Nadu where voters showed up in huge numbers.
    Temperature in the state capital of Chennai was expected to reach a high of 39 degrees Celsius (102.2 Farenheit), according to India Meteorological Department.
    In the first phase, which is the largest of the seven phases, 166 million voters in 102 constituencies across 21 states and territories will vote, including Tamil Nadu in the south, Arunachal Pradesh on the Himalayan frontier with China, and the most populous Uttar Pradesh in the north.
    (Production: Vaishnavi Hajari)
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