Story highlights Official in Telangana state: Deaths could have been avoided with a "little more care"

Most of the deaths from the heat wave have been in state of Andhra Pradesh

Water is in high demand as people try to remain hydrated and cool

Hyderabad, India (CNN) Amruta Bai spends her day refilling plastic water cups behind a stall on the stifling hot streets of Hyderabad.

The water is free for anyone who needs a drink during a deadly heat wave that's killed more than 1,424 people in the past few days.

Most of the deaths -- 1,020 -- have been in the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh, though another 340 have died in nearby Telangana, where Hyderabad is the capital.

People stop by Bai's stall every two minutes as the temperature slowly rises toward its peak, typically in mid- to late afternoon.

Amruta bai runs a water stall in Hyd. People stop by every 2 mins. She's going thru 4 drums a day, 200 liters each. pic.twitter.com/GZ2zSnb2zl — Mallika Kapur (@MallikaCNN) May 27, 2015

On Wednesday, temperatures in Hyderabad were forecast to hit a high of almost 43 degrees Celsius, or around 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Nights, while cooler, hover around a sticky 30 C or 86 F. During the day, humidity is around 30%.

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