The Health Ministry, on Wednesday, held another round of meeting – the second in two days – with officials of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana, which are in the grip of severe heat wave conditions.
The Centre highlighted the lack of accurate information from the ground and urged the States to share field-level data on heatwave, including deaths and hospitalisations. “This will help in making a realistic assessment of the situation,’’ said Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, who participated in the meeting.
He added that that it is important to take timely action as soon as the States get alerts from the India Meteorological Department (IMD). “Timely, advance and wide awareness among the people on the preventive measures will hugely support in reducing the severe impact of such heatwaves,” he said.
