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Mandaviya urged the states to implement the State Action Plan, based on the National Action Plan, at the ground levels with a timely warning to the people,
The Union health minister also advised the states that have not yet prepared the action plan to do so urgently detailing specific field level action and ensure effective implementation of the same
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya chaired a high-level meeting to review the public health preparedness for management of heat-related illnesses and virtually interacted with state health ministers, state disaster management ministers and principal secretaries/additional chief secretaries and information commissioners of seven states (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana) which are experiencing severe heatwave conditions.
Effective disaster response and management is a collaborative work and with coordinated actions between the Centre and states, it can be ensured there are no deaths due to heatwaves, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Wednesday.