The India Meteorological Department has issued a red warning for severe heatwave conditions over East Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Vidarbha today. The IMD has also issued an orange warning for heatwave conditions over Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha during the next five days.
Similar conditions are likely to prevail over Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, West Madhya Pradesh and West Uttar Pradesh during the same period. Hot and humid weather is expected to prevail over Gangetic West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal today.
Meanwhile, the weather agency has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim until tomorrow. It has also forecast heavy rainfall over Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Mahe, Lakshadweep, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Rayalaseema during the next two days.
Further, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are likely to experience thunderstorms and lightning over the next three days.
Andhra Pradesh CM Reviews Preparedness Measures To Tackle Severe Heatwave Conditions
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu reviewed preparedness measures to protect people from severe heatwave conditions and high temperatures across the state.
During the review meeting at the state secretariat in Amaravati today, the Chief Minister directed officials to set up tents, cooling centres, supply drinking water, buttermilk and ORS packets at various locations to help people cope with the intense heat. He instructed authorities to declare local holidays in areas recording extreme temperatures and stressed that there should be no disruption in drinking water supply in both rural and urban areas.
The Chief Minister also directed District Collectors to conduct media briefings to create awareness among the public on heatwave conditions and the precautions to be followed during the summer season. Chief Secretary Sai Prasad and senior officials from the Disaster Management, Health, Municipal Administration and Panchayati Raj departments participated in the review meeting.
