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New Delhi: While most Delhiites bore the brunt of the scorching Delhi heat, with Wednesday marking 43°Celsius in the national capital, people at a bus stand on Ring Road in Lajpat Nagar were - quite literally - chilling.

Thanks to a marketing campaign by an AC manufacturer in collaboration with the Delhi government as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Delhi has just launched its first air-conditioned bus stand.

The initiative has earned ample praise on social media with users hailing it as a much welcome and highly needed initiative.

The Delhi summer is infamous for being extremely brutal and waiting for public transport really doesn't help matters.

The installation was done by a Japanese multinational firm in cooperation with a private agency that has advertising rights on Delhi Transport Corporation’s bus stands, reports the Press Trust of India (PTI). Pictures shared on social media showed the bus stand covered with transparent curtains and an air-conditioner that was chained to the stand.

It is not clear for how long this initiative will continue but for now, the bus stand is a much-needed oasis in the concrete desert that is Delhi.