How an innovative portable shelter could help India's outdoor workers beat the heat
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Ankritya Diggavi, one of the architects behind the design of Neralu, an innovative portable heat shelter, explains its features to visitors at the Sweat and Concrete 2025 event in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)Daily wage workers, who mostly work outdoors, leave after exploring Neralu, an innovative portable heat shelter, at the Sweat and Concrete 2025 event in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)Workers assemble Neralu, an innovative portable heat shelter, before installing it at the Sweat and Concrete 2025 event in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)Ankritya Diggavi, left, and Sagar Kandal, architects behind the design of Neralu, an innovative portable heat shelter, pose in front of their installation at the Sweat and Concrete 2025 event in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)Workers install Neralu, an innovative portable heat shelter, ahead of the Sweat and Concrete 2025 event in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)A woman walks past interpretive panels highlighting the impact of heat at the Sweat and Concrete 2025 event in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)A group of theater artists perform to highlight the benefits of Neralu, an innovative portable heat shelter, at the Sweat and Concrete 2025 event in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)Visitors read interpretive panels highlighting the impact of heat at the Sweat and Concrete 2025 event in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)Daily wage workers, who mostly work outdoors, explore Neralu, an innovative portable heat shelter, at the Sweat and Concrete 2025 event in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)Daily wage workers, who mostly work outdoors, explore Neralu, an innovative portable heat shelter, at the Sweat and Concrete 2025 event in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
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Ankritya Diggavi, one of the architects behind the design of Neralu, an innovative portable heat shelter, explains its features to visitors at the Sweat and Concrete 2025 event in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
