Japanese media: 49.2 ℃!Indian courier encountered burning in an unprecedented heat wave

Japan's "Nikkei Asia" magazine website on June 25, original title: India's zero -worker army suffered from the unprecedented heat waves, the Indian courier Trig Wendel covered his face with a piece of cloth, wiped away from the baseball cap The rolled sweaty beads, then rushed to the hot sun in New Delhi. Facing the high temperature of the record, this 23 -year -old guy did not have much protection. He wants to send the goods to a client in 10 minutes, otherwise the latter may use other express apps. "When I was riding a motorcycle quickly, I sometimes felt that I couldn't breathe in the hot air." He was preparing to send the 17th order on the day of the day, "I feel hollowed out after get off work. In most days, I Can still have a headache. "

This year, Pakistan, India and neighbors, was attacked by turbulent waves. In the Indian capital New Delhi, the temperature soared to a record of 49.2 degrees Celsius. However, for the 15 million Indian zero workers like Trig Wendel, it is just a fantasy in an office with air -conditioning or even sitting in front of a fan. On the streets of the sun enough to expose the asphalt, the Indian labor army ran away day after day, but their employers thought of providing faster delivery services to defeat competitors.

After removing the fuel fee, Trig Wendel can earn about 420 rupees (about $ 5.4) every day. Every morning, he came to a warehouse in southern New Delhi. But before the delivery of delivery at about 6 o'clock, he and other courier could not get cool drinking water. "The warehouse was installed with a cold drink machine for internal staff, but the courier had nothing." He said, "We don't even have a fan, so we can only sit under the shade of the outside." Sometimes customers will fill the water for their bottle , But the heat waves will heat the water quickly.

A report released by the United Nations -supported organization "Everyone Enjoy Sustainable Energy" states that more than 320 million people in India are facing extreme high temperature threats, including poor workers and factory workers. For the unbearable high temperature, the 25 -year -old rider Sonier, who works for the Indian takeaway platform "Zomato". He started 14 hours of work every day at noon, and endured the restaurant owner to reject the humiliation brought by him and his colleagues. "Just last week, a rider had diarrhea due to extreme hotness. In that case, he had to ride a bike to go home to the toilet and rest." Sonil said.

More and more Indians have called for high -temperature allowances to pay for people working in hot weather. "When it rains, they will pay us about 5 rupees for each order to show rewards. The same logic should also be applied to extremely hot weather conditions." Said, "But the enterprise does not want to bear any responsibility for the worker, they just want to draw commissions."

Although the upcoming monsoon rainfall is expected to alleviate the high temperature at the moment, few courier thinks that their lives will become easier. India's high unemployment rate forces more young people to enter the industry, which not only lowers wages, but also further exacerbates fierce competition between the express apps. "In the past, they paid us 50 rupees for each order. Then there were 35 rupees." Timvendel, who lives with his mother and younger brother, said, "Always go down." )

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