PM's Office Calls Meeting Today On How To Tackle Heat Wave

The meeting, which will take place this afternoon, will be chaired by Dr P K Mishra, principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

With large parts of India reeling under heat wave conditions, the Prime Minister's Office has called a meeting to take stock of the situation and put in motion steps to tackle it.

The meeting, which will take place this afternoon, will be chaired by Dr P K Mishra, principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The current heat wave conditions in states and how to tackle them will be discussed during the meeting.

The meeting comes a day after Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan issued an advisory to chief secretaries of states, directing them to publicise the guidelines under the "National Action Plan on Heat-Related Illnesses" down to the district level. "States should sensitise all health staff on early recognition and management of heat illness," he wrote.