Abki baar 50 paar
In the current week, the Delhi NCR region has recorded the highest-ever summer temperatures. The mercury kissed 50 Degrees Celsius. The residents are facing acute water and electricity shortages. The polling for the ongoing general elections in Delhi and Gurgaon was held on Saturday, the 25 th of May. Both cities recorded less than 60% polling. A lot of people cited scorching heat as the primary reason for not stepping out to vote. In that sense, extreme weather has now started to directly impact the health of our democracy. Surprisingly, the entire two-month-long election campaign; thousands of election speeches; 24X7 media debates; opinion pieces in newspapers; and zillions of social media posts and memes, appear to have mostly ignored this critical issue. Both national parties have incorporated their strategy to fight climate change and protect the environment in their respective manifesto. The Congress manifesto on environmental issues is much broader and seeks to deal with th...