The River Ganga is drying up as temperatures continue to rise across the country. Locals in Allahabad, where Yamuna and the mythical river Saraswati meets Ganga at Prayag, expressed their concern over the falling water-level of the Ganga amid worsening heat wave conditions.

They held banners and raised slogans urging people to stop wastage of water.

"I think this is the most important issue because water is life. And, we want to save water and we want to generate awareness about it among people," said a participating student, Rashmi. The country's hottest months are May and June, but many states have already registered temperatures above normal level in April. Winter this year was not severe as compared to previous years with comparatively higher temperatures. The ministry of earth sciences attributes the overall hotter climate to the El Nino effect. El Nino is a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific. It can lead to scorching weather across Asia and east Africa, but cause heavy rains and floods in South America.