Overview
- The state allocated Rs 1 crore to each District Collector to fund local heat-risk mitigation and public awareness efforts.
- District-level preparedness meetings will be convened, with every local body instructed to adopt heat action plans modeled on Moodadi grama panchayat.
- The Health Department will open special heat clinics and equip primary health centres to provide first aid for sunstroke and heat exhaustion.
- Officials must install and repair public drinking-water kiosks, ensure water quality, and provide adequate ventilation and drinking water in examination halls.
- Agencies were told to maintain vigilance for drought, drinking-water shortages, saline intrusion, wildlife incidents, lightning, heat-related illnesses, and fires, and to safeguard crops.