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Karnataka to treat heat wave as natural calamity
The state government has decided to bring ‘heat wave’ incidents under the natural calamity category, a move that will help north Karnataka as the region reels under extreme heat during summer.
The state government has decided to bring ‘heat wave’ incidents under the natural calamity category, a move that will help north Karnataka as the region reels under extreme heat during summer.
The Revenue Department on Monday issued a notification, stating that kin of heat wave victims
will be given Rs 4 lakh as compensation.
According to sources in the Revenue Department, Karnataka never had the concept of a heat wave
unlike adjoining states such as Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
But the steady rise in mercury
levels in recent years across the north Karnataka region has prompted the department to include
heat wave as a natural calamity.
“Heat wave incidents are not covered under the SDRF or NDRF. But the state working committee
headed by the Chief Secretary has considered the possibility of including heat wave under the
natural calamity as it is prevalent across North Karnataka and coastal districts. Hence, the victims
of heat wave shall be compensated as per the guidelines of SDRF and NDRF,” the circular said.
Confirming the decision, Dr GS Srinivasa Reddy, Director, Karnataka State Natural Disaster
Monitoring Cell (KSNDMC), said as per the heat wave action plan 2018, average summer mean
maximum temperatures have increased over Karnataka.
“Temperature across the Karnataka region has been increasing significantly at 95%.
Besides, the
urban heat island phenomenon will also result in unhealthy heat stress and heat-related mortality
rate,” he said.
As per sources, Karnataka first witnessed a heat wave-related death during 2015, and since then
stray cases have been observed.
“As there was no compensation awarded for such deaths, there was no record maintained about
the actual number of deaths. But we have been hearing heat wave cases from North Karnataka,” a
senior oicial from the revenue department said.
Heat wave is usually experienced between March and June in as many as 14 districts of North
Karnataka.
https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-to-treat-heat-wave-as-natural-calamity-727652.html
