Country depends on 'jugaad' to beat the scorching heat

Rising day-to-day temperatures form the biggest problem that people are facing in almost all parts of the country. However, an auto driver has devised an innovative way to beat the heat.

Bhopal: 'Necessity is the mother of invention.' This has been proved by Ramnarayan, an auto-rickshaw driver of Bhopal who has turned an oil container into a cooler, which keeps him going throughout the day while driving his auto.

With soaring temperature and scorching heat-waves making lives difficult, people who are at the forefront of enduring the sun's wrath are the ones devising innovative ways to beat the heat.

"I made this 'jugaad' (makeshift) cooler myself by spending just Rs 800 bucks. I am thinking of making such coolers for other customers as well," said Ramnarayan.

An Auto driver driving his auto with self-made cooler

People carrying onion in their pockets, relishing sugarcane juice at newly-set up stalls and twisting their tongues while sipping 'Aam Panna' (raw mango juice) are a common sight across the city.

With most of the residents taking refuge in their homes and offices during the afternoon, people who have to routinely travel from one city to another have the worst lot.

Ankita Singh, who travels to and fro from Vidisha to Bhopal every day, terms her journey on the bus equivalent to travelling in a hot chamber.

Counting the remaining days of summers and anticipating the showers of monsoon is what Shruti Thackrey terms her favourite pass time.

"I count the remaining days of summers and get happy thinking of the approaching monsoon," said Thackrey, a hostler studying in Bhopal.

However, the met department has predicted some regions of Madhya Pradesh is under heat zone, also added that people have to face the scorching heat until June 10.