TNPSC Thervupettagam

Heat wave Mitigation Road map

October 7 , 2024 12 hrs 0 min 24 0
  • Global reports indicate that India will lose up to 5% of its Gross Domestic Product by 2030 to rising temperatures.
  • Tamil Nadu with its warm tropical weather, is projected to be severely impacted by heat.
  • The State Planning Commission brought a report, ‘Beating the Heat-Tamil Nadu Heat Mitigation Strategy’.
  • The temperature range at which humans can thrive is 25 degrees Celsius to 30 degrees Celsius, with 60% humidity.
  • However, in many parts of Tamil Nadu, this threshold is regularly breached.
  • At present, nearly 74% of the State’s population is exposed to air temperature of over 35°C.
  • The Tamil Nadu State Disaster Management Authority prepared the Heat Wave Action Plan in 2019, and in 2023.

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