A blistering heatwave in India sees pedestrians STICK to melting road
A SCORCHING heatwave in India is melting roads and putting pedestrians in harms way.
Dangerous, melting road in India sees pedestrians stuck to pavement
Incredible footage has captured the moment when several pedestrians nearly become sitting ducks for speeding traffic.
People in the state of Gujarat struggle to cross the road as their shoes stick to the softening tarmac.
Video of the scene in the town of Valsad shows people becoming trapped in the middle of the melting road as cars race past them.
Abandoned sandals lie strewn across the sticky road, with temperatures across the country hitting as high as 51C.
At one moment, a woman falls face first as she attempts to carry a heavy bag over the road.
She is helped off the road by locals just seconds before a truck speeds past the exact spot where she fell.
The heatwave has swept over India
The scorching heatwave in India is melting roads
One man is forced to leave his shoe behind after it gets glued to the road at the same moment a car approaches.
Multiple deaths have been blamed on the unbearable temperatures, with people suffering heat stroke and severe dehydration.
One man is forced to leave his shoe behind after it gets glued to the road
Multiple deaths have been blamed on the unbearable temperature
Crops have withered in more than 13 states as the country desperately awaits the monsoons which traditionally arrive in June.
Rivers, lakes and dams have also dried up in many parts of the country. The heatwave has also exacerbated India's existing problems with drought and water shortages.