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New Delhi/Bengaluru: Flimsy tin roofs balance on thin brick walls in a squatter settlement in Saraswati Kunj in Gurugram’s Sector 53. Thirty-two-year-old Manoj, who lives in one of these small, barely-ventilated rooms, hasn’t been to work in two days. That’s not something he can afford: as a construction worker, he survives on daily wages. But Manoj doesn’t have a choice.

The intense heat in mid-June has given him a stomach ache, he says. Though his daily work in the scorching sun is tough, the warmer nights in the city now have made it harder to cope.

“Frequent electricity outages make it difficult for me to get rest. I only........

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