Bus stop sprinklers and reflective paint offer relief from killer heat in Indian city of Ahmedabad

(14 May 2025)
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Ahmedabad, India – 3 April 2025

1. Wide of commuters waiting at a cool bus-stop, a bus stop equipped with cool sprinklers and straw mats to cool the hot wind
2. Wide of commuters waiting under spraying mist
3. Mid of mist spraying from sprinklers
4. Wide of commuters boarding a bus
5. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Meenaskhi Kamble, commuter:
“I am coming from Mumbai. I came here to visit my father. This facility to beat the heat is very good.”

6. Mid of mist spraying from sprinklers
7. Wide of commuters waiting under spraying mist
8. Mid of commuters getting on and off a bus
9. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Kamla Behen, commuter:
“I feel very good. It feels cooler sitting here. Earlier it used to feel very hot here. Now it is very peaceful here.”

10. Wide of commuters waiting under straw mats
11. Close of mist spraying from sprinklers
12. SOUNBITE (Hindi) Ratilal Bhoire, commuter:
“Before it used to feel very hot here. We used to sweat. What has been done now is very good. It feels cooler now. It is very good for older people like me.”

13. Wide of the cool bus station
14. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Mayank Yadav, commuter:
“It feels good. There is cool wind here. Mist is falling from above. This helps people escape the heat.”

15. Various of an ice vendor unloading ice blocks from a truck
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tejas Shah, member of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation:
“The most vulnerable from the heat are those who don’t have access to equipment such as AC, air conditioning and other things. They are the most vulnerable.”

17. Wide of workers finding work for the day
18. People seated on the street

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Ahmedabad, India – 2 April 2025

19. Various of a street vendor selling bottles of water

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Ahmedabad, India – 3 April 2025

20. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tejas Shah, member of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation:
“During the last few years, we are facing periods of heat waves increasingly more. So, we find that it needs to be addressed, and in a proper way it is required.”

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Ahmedabad, India – 2 April 2025

21. Various of a lemonade vendor preparing lemonade with ice
22. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Umesh Lakhya, lemonade stand customer:
“It is hot in the day and cooler in the night. Because of that people get sick. This lemon drink will help in this case.”

23. Various of man drinking from a plastic water bottle
24. Mid of an ice vendor on a phone call

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Ahmedabad, India – 3 April 2025

25. Various of people getting water from a public drinking water facility
26. Drone shot of a poor settlement on the outskirts of Ahmedabad ++MUTE++
27. Drone shot showing some roofs painted in white ++MUTE++
28. Various drone shots of white paint being applied to a roof ++MUTE++
29. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tejas Shah, member of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation:
“There is no study actually to have (understand) what is the impact of this cool roofing, if it is being properly done. Then, the actual impact on the health parameters. So, in this study, what we were doing is assessing the baseline health indicators in all the ways, and we assess the basic non-clinical and clinical. Both parameters, we have baseline data of them. And over a period of time, we will measure the actual impact.”

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Ahmedabad, India – 3 April 2025

30. Various drone shots of roofs painted in white ++MUTE++

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Ahmedabad, India – 2 April 2025

31. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Veer Taraji, Ahmedabad resident:

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Ahmedabad, India – 3 April 2025

33. Drone shot of a white roof ++MUTE++




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