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.
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