Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a high-level meeting to review preparedness for the hot weather conditions during the upcoming summer season and called for preparing separate awareness material for different stake-holders like common citizens
Here are five big points from the meeting:
- PM Modi was briefed about the weather forecast for the next few months and on the likelihood of a normal monsoon and their impact on Rabi crops.
- PM Modi was also briefed about disasters related to heat, mitigation measures and preparedness of medical infrastructure.
- The Food Corporation of India has been asked take measures to ensure optimal storage of grains in extreme weather conditions.
- PM Modi instructed the India Meteorological Department to prepare daily weather forecasts in a manner which makes predictions easy to interpret and disseminate.
- PM Modi also stressed the need for detailed fire audits of all hospitals
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