Heat wave grips India

Indian boatmen sit idle at the deserted India Gate boat club after people opted to stay indoors following the rise in temperature in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. Severe heat conditions are prevailing across northern India with temperatures soaring past 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) at several places. (AP Photo /Manish Swarup)

Geese sleep in a water body under the shade of a tree as temperatures soar on a summer afternoon at a zoo in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Severe heat conditions are prevailing across northern India with temperatures soaring past 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) at several places. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

A pair of deers sit in the shade of a tree as temperatures soar on a summer afternoon at the zoo in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Severe heat conditions are prevailing across northern India with temperatures soaring past 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) at several places. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

A stray dog walks by as an Indian passenger sleeps on a bench at a train station platform on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Severe heat conditions are prevailing across northern India with temperatures soaring past 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) at several places. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

Indian youth bath in a canal on a hot summer day in Jammu, India, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Severe heat conditions are prevailing across northern India with temperatures soaring past 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) at several places. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

An Indian boy bathes in a canal on a hot summer day in Jammu, India, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Severe heat conditions are prevailing across northern India with temperatures soaring past 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) at several places. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)