Overview
- Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday flagged off 13 Mobile Heat Relief Units, one for each district, to kick-start the city’s heatwave response.
- The vans will run daily from 11 am to 6 pm for the next three months in high-footfall, heat-prone spots such as labour hubs, bus stands, markets and slum clusters.
- Each unit stocks chilled water, ORS, first-aid kits, caps and cotton towels (gamchas), with 10 civil defence volunteers per district and daily targets of about 1,000 ORS packets, 300 towels and 200 caps.
- The plan orders a 1 pm to 4 pm rest break for outdoor work, adds a school “water bell” to prompt drinking, suspends afternoon assemblies, and routes requests for help through the 112 helpline.
- In parallel, the government directed water treatment plants to run at full capacity and stocked more than 339 health centres with cool rooms, ice packs and medicines to prevent supply gaps and treat heat illness.