Nagpur: As the Second Capital of State is witnessing rising temperatures with the onset of summer in the city, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has geared up to tackle the scorching summer heat with its Heat Action Plan.
Dr Abhijit Chaudhari, Municipal Commissioner and Administrator, on Wednesday chaired a review meeting of Nagpur’s Heat Action Plan. In the meeting, Dr Chaudhari reviewed the preparations to implement the heat action plan during summer. He interacted with different departments regarding their preparedness before the summer season. Dr Chaudhari asked all departments to spread awareness about the health issues that take place due to heat waves. He asked the officials to use banners and placards and advertisements on bus stands, railway station, government offices and other public places to spread awareness about the scorching heat.
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He also asked to release an advisory for citizens which will be available in all hospitals and public places. Dr Chaudhari instructed the Health Department to get ready to handle heat stroke and other heat related diseases in city and also guide the city hospitals to get ready to avoid any incident and such cases. He instructed all departments like Police, Health, Garden Department, Traffic Department, MSEDCL, to keep coordination during summer as per the Heat Action Plan.
Nagpur city is also among the non-attainment cities’ list of National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) of the Central Government. Under this list, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) asked all non-attainment cities to mitigate pollution and also to prepare their Heat Action Plan. Under the instruction of CPCB, Nagpur city’s plan was prepared by CSIR-NEERI and the civic body is taking action accordingly every year.
Anchal Goyal, Additional Municipal Commissioner; Rajiv Gaikwad, Chief Engineer; Jayesh Bhandarkar, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic); Dr Narendra Bahirwar, Health Officer; Dr Govardhan Navkhare, Rajashri Kothalkar, Scientist, CSIR-NEERI; Dr Vijay Joshi; Dr Ranjana Lade; Sadhana Sayam; Prakash Warade; Ganesh Rathod; Harish Raut; Narendra Bawankar; Amol Chourpagar; B P Chandankhede; Yunus Mulani; Rajendra Rathod; Dr Abhishek Pande; Dr Piyush Khode; Dr Suhas Gajbhiye; Dr Sunil Kamble; Dr Varsha Devasthale; Dr Shital Wandile; Dr Gajanan Pawane; Dr Vijaykumar Tiwari; Dr Sulabha Shende; Dr Mohd Khwaja Moinuddin; D rDipankar Bhivgade; Dr Atique Khan; Dr Kanchan Kimmatkar; Dr Megha Jaitwar; Dr K M Giri; Arusha Anand; Dilip Tandle; Durga Khobragade; Shahina Sheikh; Surendra Meshram; Pakhi Deshmukh and others were present during the meeting.
