A disaster management official said that Deputy Commissioners of these districts are following the action plan chalked out in 2018.
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Districts in north interior Karnataka, especially in Hyderabad-Karnataka region will continue to face heatwave like conditions over the weekend. This is the second heat wave in the region within the span of a month. At the same time, rest of the state including capital Bengaluru has been receiving pre-monsoon rains at regular intervals providing some relief. Belagavi, Vijayapura, Bidar, Bagalkot, Dharwad, Gadag, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Ballari, Haveri, Koppal and Raichur are the 12 districts in north-interior Karnataka. The heat wave alert issued by the Indian Meteorological Department has said that these heat wave conditions will exist till June 2. IMD said the entire region will see a 3- 5°C. increase from normal temperatures. “The heat wave conditions are expected to prevail over the next two days. Temperatures for most times of the day will be between 40°C.and 45°C. We have alerted the Disaster Management Department who have taken mitigatory steps,” Sunil M Gavaskar, Meteorologist, at the Karnataka State Disaster Monitoring Centre, said. He added, “This is not an isolated incident. Everywhere we are noticing these extremely dry conditions. Normally during summer, these conditions are not uncommon, but generally over the years we have been seeing them more frequently. The areas that come under the influence of heat waves are increasing gradually". A disaster management official said that Deputy Commissioners of these districts are following the action plan chalked out in 2018. These steps include tweaking school timings for children, restrictions on doing outdoor labour work during noon. Heat wave While there is no global definition, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) describes heat wave as a period of abnormally high temperatures, more than the normal maximum temperature that occurs during the pre-monsoon summer season. According to the World Health Organisation, the heat wave is on if the daily maximum temperature of more than five consecutive days exceeds the average maximum temperature by 5°C. The extreme temperatures and resultant atmospheric conditions adversely affect health and cause dehydration, heat exhaustion, physiological stress and sometimes even death
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