Question: A two-day national workshop on Preparedness, Mitigation and Management of Heat Wave was conducted in which of the following city?
(a) Nagpur
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Mumbai
(d) Chandigarh
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- On 27th February, 2019, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with the Government of Maharashtra conducted a two-day national workshop on Preparedness, Mitigation and Management of Heat Wave in Nagpur.
- Workshop helped States & Districts to prepare and implement Heat Action Plans.
- This project emphasized upon the need to focus on mid and long-term mitigation measures, to identify new islands of heat wave and to find local solutions for local problems.
- In the Indian subcontinent, global warming impacts have come sooner and hit harder than predicted according to report by the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
- Members and senior officials from NDMA, experts on heat wave, early warning and forecasting agencies, State governments and research institutions participated in the workshop.
By Siddharth
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