2002 indian heat wave

CIVIL ENGINEERING

BATCH:- C-2

TOPIC:- 2002 INDIAN HEAT WAVE

GUIDED BY:- MAA’M RUMA BHADORIYA

Generally temperature is more above the average high temperature for the region.

It is an extended period of very high summer temperature with the potential to adversely affect

communities.

High temperature are often accompanied by high humidity, that the body cannot tolerate are defined as

extreme heat.

The heat wave in 2002 south India killed more than thousand people.

Most of deaths occurred in state of Andhra Pradesh.

The heat was so intense that tin-roofed shanties turned into Oven

ponds and rivers.

Heat wave is also one of the major disaster like other natural disasters.

In Orissa, heat wave caused 2042 deaths in 1998 and more than 1200 deaths in 2002 southern India.

Temperatures have risen to between 45 and 50 degrees Celsius .

DROUGHT

HEALTH IMPACTS

AGRICULTURE

ANIMALS AND BIRDS

ENERGY

OTHER:- on railways track

Lay the person in a cool place, under a shade.

Give the person ORS to drink or lemon / Rice water.

The patient needs immediate hospitalisation, as heat strokes could be

fatal.

· Do not leave children or pets in parked vehicles

· Avoid alcohol, tea, coffee and carbonated soft drinks, which dehydrates the body.

· Avoid high-protein food