Reports
Extreme heat is reshaping health, work, and livelihoods across India, with the heaviest burden falling on those least able to escape it. Our reports bring these realities into public view and push for urgent action.
On Call in a Burning City: How Extreme Heat Is Reshaping Women’s Platform Work in Delhi NCR
HeatWatch's latest report explores how extreme heat is affecting the health, livelihoods, and working conditions of women platform workers in Delhi NCR, and why heat must be recognised as a labour, gender, and public health issue.
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Breaking Point: Heat and the Garment Floor
This report by HeatWatch in collaboration with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, is based on our research with 115 garment factory workers in Tamil Nadu and Delhi and interviews with factory management across 15 garment and textile units in Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu, Faridabad and Noida in Delhi-NCR, and Surat in Gujarat to establish a baseline of physical infrastructure, operational policies, and health and safety systems.
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Rising Heat and Waste Workers: Impact of Heat Stress on the Livelihood and Health of Waste Workers in Bengaluru
Heatwatch and Hasiru Dala have launched a new report exploring the growing threat of extreme heat in Bengaluru and its disproportionate impact on waste workers.
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HeatWatch's 2025 Report Reveals Undercounted HeatStroke Deaths and Urgent Gaps in Public Health Response
In stark contrast to official figures reporting just 14 confirmed heat-related deaths in India between March and June 2025, this report documents 84 suspected heatstroke-related deaths. These findings were compiled from a systematic review of media reports across national and regional languages, using both AI-assisted searches and manual data collection to capture local coverage likely missed by government estimates.
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Struck by Heat: A News Analysis of Heatstroke Deaths in India in 2024
HeatWatch found that between March and June, there have been 733 deaths due to heatstroke in 17 states in India. This data is more than twice the number presented by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in the recent Lok Sabha session.
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In the line of heat - ASHAs in a warming world
This report presents a comprehensive study on the effects of extreme heat on Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers in Haryana, exploring their work conditions, health challenges, and institutional support.
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बढ़ती गर्मी में आशा कार्यकर्ता
यह रिपोर्ट हरियाणा में मान्यता प्राप्त सामाजिक स्वास्थ्य कार्यकर्ता (आशा - ASHA) कार्यकर्ताओं पर अत्यधिक गर्मी के प्रभावों का एक व्यापक अध्ययन प्रस्तुत करती है, जिसमें उनकी कार्य स्थितियों, स्वास्थ्य चुनौतियों और संस्थागत सहयोग का विश्लेषण किया गया है।
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Impact of Extreme Heat on Gig Workers: A Survey Report
A survey report by HeatWatch Foundation and the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU) examining how extreme heat affects the health, livelihoods, and working conditions of gig and platform workers in Hyderabad. Based on workers' experiences, the report highlights key challenges and offers recommendations for governments, platforms, and urban authorities to strengthen heat resilience and worker protection.
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