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In Orissa, Maharashtra and Gujarat, programs were launched to educate people on hydration, providing shelters and training medical workers. In Andhra Pradesh, government workers distributed water and buttermilk, whilst TV and newspaper adverts urged people to stay indoors during peak hours.

Schools were shut down in Odisha and Telangana weeks ahead of summer holidays. And hospitals stopped performing surgeries. A ban on day-time (9am - 6pm) cooking was imposed to prevent accidental fires. India's Supreme Court, ordered the Indian Premier League out of Maharashtra; stopping 13 cricket matches because of the amount of water needed to prepare pitches.

There were numerous calls for more government action. One non-governmental organization filed a petition asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release more funds to the affected areas. Leading Indian economists, rights activists and academics sent an open letter to the government expressing the same. In his monthly radio address, Modi pledged 20 billion rupees ($400 million) to deal with the crisis.

In Maharastra, the local governments response to the portable water shortage was to supply water to its city via train. The train became known as “Jaldoot” (Hindi), meaning "water saviour". In a single nine-hour journey the train was able to deliver 2.5 million litres of water.