Nabarangpur, March, 12: A district-level meeting on heatwave management and natural disaster preparedness was held in the Mission Shakti Conference Hall under the chairmanship of Nabarangpur District Collector Dr. Maheshwar Swain.
The meeting focused on ensuring adequate drinking water supply during the summer season, addressing related issues, and discussing effective measures to combat heatwave conditions.
The District Collector advised officials to repair all defunct tube wells on a war footing. He also directed the Chief District Medical Officer and the District Social Welfare Officer to ensure sufficient stock of ORS packets at every Anganwadi centre and school in the district. Instructions were given to ensure regular supply of safe drinking water to the public.
The District Labour Department was directed to arrange special drinking water facilities at worksites for labourers. As per State Government guidelines, due to the risk of heatstroke during peak heat hours, labourers should not be engaged in work between 11:00 AM and 3:30 PM. Instead, temporary shaded rest areas must be arranged for them.
Similarly, discussions were held regarding conducting teaching activities in schools and colleges within the prescribed time limits as per government guidelines.
To prevent heatstroke, the Regional Transport Officer was instructed to ensure availability of adequate drinking water and ORS packets in public transport vehicles and for passengers.
The Municipality was directed to repair tube wells in different wards on a priority basis and, wherever necessary, arrange drinking water supply through tankers in both urban and rural areas.
For effective management of heatstroke cases, it was discussed that sufficient beds, necessary cooling arrangements, and control rooms should be set up at Primary Health Centres, Community Health Centres, and the District Headquarters Hospital to provide immediate medical services.
Considering the risk of heatstroke, the Executive Engineer of TPSODL was instructed to ensure uninterrupted power supply to the District Headquarters Hospital and all Community Health Centres across the district.
Additionally, officials were directed to organize water kiosks (Jalachhatra) at crowded public places whenever required.
Additional District Magistrate (Revenue) Bishwajit Chandra Barman participated in the meeting and directed all Block Development Officers to conduct similar preparedness meetings at the block level.
Among others present were:
Yadumani Nayak, Chief Development Officer-cum-Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Nabarangpur
Dr. Manoj Kumar Tripathy, District Public Health Officer
Pratik Kumar Bhuyat, Executive Engineer, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation
Tripati Balaji Sahu
Manoj Kumar Behera, District Information & Public Relations Officer
Rajib Sahu, PA, ITDA
Jitendra Bhoi, Regional Transport Officer
Padmanabha Tripathy, District Panchayat Officer
Dupodi Kahar, District Social Welfare Officer
All Block Development Officers, Tahasildars, and other senior district-level officials
The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by District Project Officer Shekhar Pattnaik.
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