National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), in collaboration with Karnataka government has organised a national workshop “Heat Wave 2020” on preparedness, mitigation and management of Heat Wave in Bengaluru city of Karnataka.
The workshop has been conducted well in advance of the heat wave season to manage the hot weather conditions for the year 2020.
Climate change led to rise of average summer temperature by 0.5°C in the past five years.
This is the 4th annual workshop in a series that NDMA has been conducting since 2017.