India’s climate crisis is no longer a distant threat; it’s an urgent, daily reality. The staggering statistics on extreme weather events in 2024 ~ over 3,200 lives lost, millions of hectares of farmland ruined, and countless homes and livestock destroyed ~ paint a grim picture of a nation bearing the brunt of climate change.
The Minister has directed for special heatwave units to be started in the Central government hospitals.
Amid the scorching heat during the day, the city witnessed strong surface winds up to speeds between 35-45 kmph while the sky was mainly clear.
The ministry on Tuesday said that the Northern Region of India has been experiencing high demand conditions due to a prevailing heat wave since May 17. Despite these challenging conditions, the highest-ever peak demand of 89 GW in the Northern Region was successfully met.
As heat waves threaten economic growth and health and test resilience across Indian states, measures must be taken to tackle the rising impacts of heat and the resulting changes in monsoon patterns.
For the first time perhaps in the history of north Bengal, hot winds, a phenomenon in the northern plains of India, have been sweeping the region since the past two weeks.
A girls’ school introduced a water bell system to remind students to drink water during school hours to combat dehydration in the summers.
This weekend, at many places of south Bengal, could be blistering. The weather office has issued a forecast of the mercury soaring up to seven degrees Celsius above normal, for three days during 19-21 April at many places over districts of south Bengal.
After battling with the scorching sun for three days, the City of Joy heaved a sigh of relief with drizzles till 2.30 pm and partly cloudy sky for the larger parts of the day today.
"In this regard, a copy of do's and don'ts issued by the National Disaster Management Authority regarding minimization of heat wave impact, is being forwarded herewith,” read the note issued by the poll panel’s Under Secretary Vibhor Agrawal to chief electoral officers of all states/Union territories.
