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How insurance cover helped 46,000 women avoid toiling in the sun during heatwave

IndiaTimes Wednesday, 12 June 2024
In the city of Ahmedabad, temperatures climbed above 43C (109F) every day between May 19 and May 25, creating deadly hot working conditions for many of the labourers who keep the local economy humming. For 40-year-old Lataben Arvindbhai Makwana, it was unbearable to run her sewing machine inside her tin-roofed house, which has little ventilation and only a small ceiling fan.
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