Goa Heat Wave Action Plan 2024

Organization: Government of Goa

Year: 2024

Goa State Action Plan: Prevention and Mitigation of Impacts of Heat Wave 2024 aims to provide a framework for the implementation, coordination and evaluation of extreme heat response activities in Goa State that reduce the negative health impacts of extreme heat. The plan’s primary objective is to alert those populations most at risk of heat-related illness that extreme heat conditions either exist or are imminent, and to take appropriate precautions. This plan will also lay down the role and responsibility of variuos departments in various alert signs. The Standard Operating Procedures have also been laid down by the Goa SDMA for Heat Waves.