Only 35 years old, Palli Mahalakshmi had been working from
dawn on the roof of a multistory building under construction in Chennai. Above
her head was a blazing sun like a ball of fire, while concrete heat surrounded
her from all sides. Within a few hours, her body gave way. Her coworkers
immediately took her to a hospital, but she could not be saved. Mahalakshmi’s
husband, Krishna Rao, still cannot believe that everything ended so quickly.
His wife was the main and only support of the fam...
