India, July 26 -- The effects of climate change are no longer knocking at our doors but have entered our homes, unsettling normal life and particularly destroying planet earth's very fibre and fabric of life - natural resources. With heat wave conditions ravaging north and western parts of the country, maximum temperatures went as high as 48degC in the national capital. Churu in Rajasthan saw temperatures soaring to 50degC in June. Breaking its previous record of 50.2degC recorded in May 2016, this year the desert city recorded temperatures as high as 50.8degC.

In fact, it has become an annual affair for several parts of the country to experience the summer crisis of rising temperatures, which brings along with it drought and severe wate...