An Indian municipal worker searches for fish prior to rescuing them from a dried lake at Ratanpura in Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India, Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Much of India is reeling under a weekslong heat wave and severe drought conditions that have decimated crops, killed livestock and left at least 330 million Indians without enough water for their daily needs.Rivers, lakes and dams have dried up in parts of the western states of Maharashtra and Gujarat, and overall officials say that groundwater reservoirs are at just 22 percent capacity. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





Municipal workers remove fish from the dried-up Ratanpura lake before moving them to the Sabarmati river, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, May 10, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A snacks vendor drinks tea at a roadside tea shop in Kolkata, India, May 11, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Women labourers eat their breakfast on the banks of river Ganges in Kolkata, India, May 11, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A farmer carries harvested paddy crops at a field on the outskirts of Agartala, India May 11, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)





Local residents fill their empty containers with water from municipal corporation tanker on a hot summer day in Ahmedabad, India May 11, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Local residents fill their empty containers with water from municipal corporation tanker on a hot summer day in Ahmedabad, India May 11, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Labourers work on a salt pan on a hot summer morning in Mumbai, India, May 11, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A labourer works on a salt pan on a hot summer morning in Mumbai, India, May 11, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A labourer works on a salt pan on a hot summer afternoon in Mumbai, India, May 11, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A labourer works on a salt pan on a hot summer afternoon in Mumbai, India, May 11, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Labourers work on a salt pan on a hot summer afternoon in Mumbai, India, May 11, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A farmer throws water after making a canal to irrigate his field in Kolkata, India, May 12, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A woman walks out of a grocery store at a residential area in Mumbai, India, May 11, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)





A boy cools off under a water fountain on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 12, 2016. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)





A labourer loads metal scrap onto a truck in an industrial area in Mumbai, India, May 12, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)





A worker of an ice factory loads an ice bar onto a truck on a hot summer day on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, May 13, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A woman holding an umbrella walks along a road as it rains in Agartala, India, May 13, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)





Kashmiri Muslims pray upon seeing a relic believed to be hair from the beard of Prophet Mohammed during Meeraj-un-Nabi, a festival which marks the ascension of Prophet Mohammed to Heaven, at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, May 13, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Kashmiri Muslim women pray upon seeing a relic believed to be hair from the beard of Prophet Mohammed during Meeraj-un-Nabi, a festival which marks the ascension of Prophet Mohammed to Heaven, at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, May 13, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Kashmiri Muslim women pray upon seeing a relic believed to be hair from the beard of Prophet Mohammed during Meeraj-un-Nabi, a festival which marks the ascension of Prophet Mohammed to Heaven, at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, May 13, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A Muslim man carries holy incensed smoke through a pedestrian subway in Mumbai, India, May 13, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Kashmiri boatmen row their boat in the world famous Dal Lake in Srinagar, summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 04 May 2016. The region witnessed moderate rains bringing drop in temperature. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA)





A Naga sadhu, or naked Hindu holy man, sits inside his tent during the month long Kumbh festival at Ujjain in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Friday, May 13, 2016. Thousands of pilgrims have gathered in this holy city for the ritual dip in the River Shipra, which takes place once every 12 years. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





An Indian child fills a bucket with drinking water from leaking pipes on the outskirts of Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India, 03 May 2016. Hundreds of households in mostly poor neighborhoods in Jammu depend on leaking water pipes during summer as they have no direct supply of water at home. (Photo by Jaipal Singh/EPA)





A Kashmiri woman puts pottery items into a basket and passes it to another family member before putting it for sale in the market on the outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, India, 03 May 2016. According to these potters, their entire family gets involved in the trade and ends up earning only around eight Euros per day while their next generations are mostly not keen to continue with the business as most people no longer prefer pottery items due to the lifestyle changes and use of modern utensils. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA)





A Kashmiri woman carries pottery items in a basket before putting it for sale in the market on the outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, India, 03 May 2016. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA)





Indian kids play in a ornamental pond to cool off on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, 11 May 2016. The temperature in the city has touched 45 degrees Celsius mark, according to the meteorological department. (Photo by (Rajat Gupta/EPA)





Indian workers carry assembled air coolers to a shop at a whole sale market as the demand for the same increases following sizzling temperatures in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 3, 2016. Much of India is reeling under a weeks long heat wave and severe drought conditions that have decimated crops, killed livestock and left at least 330 million Indians without enough water for their daily needs. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





An Indian worker drinks water as he assembles an air cooler which is in high demand following sizzling temperatures at a whole sale market in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 3, 2016. Much of India is reeling under a weekslong heat wave and severe drought conditions that have decimated crops, killed livestock and left at least 330 million Indians without enough water for their daily needs. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





A woman stands in front of a large carving in the Elephanta Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Centre and contain a collection of rock art linked to the cult of Shiva, on Elephanta Island in Navi Mumbai, India on Tuesday May 10, 2016. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)





People walk around and admire the large carvings in the Elephanta Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Centre and contain a collection of rock art linked to the cult of Shiva, on Elephanta Island in Navi Mumbai, India on Tuesday May 10, 2016. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)





People walk around, take photos, make phone calls, and admire the large carvings in the Elephanta Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Centre and contain a collection of rock art linked to the cult of Shiva, on Elephanta Island in Navi Mumbai, India on Tuesday May 10, 2016. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)





People walk around, take photos, make phone calls, and admire the large carvings in the Elephanta Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Centre and contain a collection of rock art linked to the cult of Shiva, on Elephanta Island in Navi Mumbai, India on Tuesday May 10, 2016. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)





People walk up and down the mountain to see the Elephanta Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Centre and contain a collection of rock art linked to the cult of Shiva, on Elephanta Island in Navi Mumbai, India on Tuesday May 10, 2016. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)





Reporter Andrea Sachs has Henna or Mehndi, a traditional paste that leaves a temporary tattoo typically for special occasions such as a wedding, applied to her hand at the Trident Hotel in Mumbai, India on Monday May 09, 2016. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)





An indian man cools himself under a public fountain on a hot afternoon in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 2, 2016. Much of India is reeling under a weekslong heat wave and severe drought conditions that have decimated crops, killed livestock and left at least 330 million Indians without enough water for their daily needs. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Indian child devotees take the holi dip at the river banks of the Shipra River during the month long Simhastha Kumbh Mela festival in Ujjain, some 180 km from Bhopal, India, 11 May 2016. Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage which occurs every twelve years and rotates among four locations. According to traditions, it offers Hindu devotees the chance to wash away their sins with a ritual bath in the holy waters of the holy river. The festival is being held from 22 April to 21 May. (Photo by Sanjeev Gupta/EPA)





An Indian potter stacks earthen pots as she stores them in her house after making them on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Tuesday, May 10, 2016. The earthen pots are used to store water cool and are in demand during summer. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)