Overview
- An Instagram clip by Geetha Shree Nagaraj, posted Saturday, shows a tray of crayons and pencils inside her Bengaluru home looking glossy and slightly deformed.
- The creator said it was her first time feeling such indoor heat in the city and joked about frying an omelette on her table.
- Hindustan Times said it has not independently verified the video, which spread widely across social platforms.
- The India Meteorological Department reported intense heat across Karnataka with a chance of rain on Saturday, and the CPCB’s Sameer app put Bengaluru’s air quality at 94, a satisfactory reading.
- Social media users described warmer homes and restless nights and urged planting more trees around houses and terraces to cool neighborhoods.