National Disaster Management Authority encompasses the Heat Wave Action Plan in all States to mitigate any loss due to heat waves. This plan aims to provide a framework for the implementation, coordination and evaluation of extreme heat response activities in cities/towns in
India reduces the negative impact of extreme heat. The Plan’s primary objective is to alert the population at risk of heat-related illness in places where extreme heat either exists or is imminent
and to take appropriate precautions which are at high risk. Preventive heat management and the administrative action that needs to be taken by the concerned ministries/departments are enumerated. All
cities can learn from their experience and develop a plan to deal with Heat Wave. Similarly Vadodara Municipal Corporation has released do’s and don’ts related to heat wave alerts as well as the action plan for the city.