Lok Sabha Question No. 1546 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-31
Subject: Deaths caused due to Heat Waves
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: Smt. Kanimozhi Karunanidhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1546 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 31 ST  JULY, 2024

## DEATHS CAUSED DUE TO HEAT WAVES

## 1546.    SMT. KANIMOZHI KARUNANIDHI:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) the details regarding the number of heat waves that has occurred in different parts of the country in the past ten years;
- (b) the  details  regarding  the  number  of  deaths  that  has  happened  due  to  heatwaves  in  the country in the past ten years;
- (c) the  details  regarding  the  measures  taken/to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  protect  the people during such heat waves; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  planning/proposes  to  plan  to  give  compensation  to  the families  of  Government  servants  who  died  on  duty  due  to  the  heatwaves  during  the elections?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a) Number of heatwave days observed over Indian region during last 10 years is given in Annexure-1.
- (b) The details are given in Annexure-2 as provided by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
- (c) The  India  Meteorological  Department  (IMD)  has  taken  various  steps  to  improve monitoring and early warning systems, which helped minimize loss of life and property during extreme weather events, including heat waves. These include:
- i. Issuing  seasonal  and  monthly  outlook,  followed  by  extended  range  forecast  of temperature and heat wave conditions
- ii. District-wise  heatwave  vulnerability  Atlas  over  India  to  help  State  Government authorities and disaster management agencies in planning and taking appropriate action
- iii. The hot weather hazard analysis over India that includes daily temperature, winds, and humidity condition
- iv. Heat index forecast for the entire country and impact-based forecast of heatwave conditions at district levels
- v. Real-time heat wave information and warnings on the Web-GIS platform
- vi. Heat  Action  Plans  (HAPs)  in  23  States  that  are  prone  to  heatwave  conditions jointly implemented by the national disaster management authority in collaboration with the State Governments
- vii. Improvement of forecasts and warning dissemination services along with utilizing modern tools of dissemination systems such as YouTube, Facebook, WhatsApp, X platform, Instagram, etc. for timely public outreach
- (d) The State disaster management authorities  have their resources  available through  State disaster response fund (SDRF) and State disaster mitigation fund (SDMF) to support it. If there  is  a  request  from  the  States  for  financial  assistance,  the  Central  Government considers it in accordance with the relevant guidelines for national disaster response fund (NDRF) and national disaster mitigation fund (NDMF).

Annexure-1 Number of heatwave days observed over Indian region during last 10 years:

|                         |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |   202 |   2024 |
|-------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|--------|
| Assam &meghalaya        |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      1 |
| N mmt                   |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0 |
| Shwb&sikkim             |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |    15 |     11 |
| Gangetic west bengal    |      3 |     14 |      0 |      3 |      4 |      0 |      3 |      8 |    27 |     31 |
| Odisha                  |     14 |     20 |     12 |      4 |      2 |      0 |      3 |     11 |    24 |     37 |
| Jharkhand               |      5 |     11 |      2 |      0 |      6 |      0 |      0 |     27 |    16 |     23 |
| Bihar                   |      4 |      6 |      0 |      3 |     12 |      0 |      0 |     13 |    29 |     30 |
| East u.p.               |     12 |      2 |      9 |      4 |     10 |      2 |      0 |     33 |    11 |     33 |
| West u.p.               |     10 |      3 |     11 |      6 |      4 |      2 |      2 |     28 |     5 |     32 |
| Uttarakhand             |      2 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      5 |     0 |     10 |
| Har. Chd&delhi          |      6 |      3 |     11 |      4 |     11 |      0 |      2 |     37 |     5 |     30 |
| Punjab                  |      2 |      2 |      7 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     22 |     3 |     27 |
| Himachal pradesh        |      0 |      3 |      4 |      4 |      0 |      0 |      2 |     38 |     0 |     18 |
| Jammu &Kashmir & ladakh |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      2 |      0 |      0 |     19 |     0 |     11 |
| West rajasthan          |     24 |     28 |     28 |     29 |     28 |      5 |      6 |     58 |     3 |     29 |
| East rajasthan          |     10 |     11 |     14 |      5 |     25 |      0 |      4 |     28 |     0 |     23 |
| West madhyapradesh      |     19 |     18 |     19 |      8 |     19 |      4 |      2 |     42 |     4 |     24 |
| East madhyapradesh      |     15 |     20 |     19 |      9 |     30 |      0 |      0 |     34 |    13 |     26 |
| Gujarat region          |      6 |      4 |      8 |      2 |      3 |      0 |      0 |     13 |     1 |     14 |
| Saurashtra &kutch       |     12 |      3 |      8 |      2 |      9 |      6 |     12 |     25 |     4 |     16 |
| Konkan &goa             |      1 |      0 |      0 |      2 |      0 |      0 |      4 |      2 |     6 |      4 |
| Madhya maharashtra      |      1 |      3 |      1 |      0 |     11 |      2 |      0 |      2 |     1 |      8 |
| Marathwada              |      1 |      2 |      0 |      0 |     10 |      3 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      3 |
| Vidarbha                |     15 |     12 |     22 |     14 |     54 |      0 |      2 |     18 |    11 |     11 |
| Chhattisgarh            |      9 |      2 |      1 |      3 |      7 |      2 |      0 |      3 |    12 |     13 |
| Coastal a. P.&yanam     |      8 |      6 |      6 |      2 |     11 |      0 |      0 |      0 |    22 |     11 |
| Telangana               |      8 |      6 |      3 |      0 |     14 |      2 |      0 |      0 |    14 |     12 |
| Rayalaseema             |      0 |      1 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     1 |     16 |
| Tamil., pudu. &karaikal |      0 |      0 |      7 |      0 |      4 |      0 |      2 |      0 |     1 |     13 |
| Coastal karnataka       |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     2 |      3 |
| N. I. Karnataka         |      1 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |     18 |
| S. I. Karnataka         |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |     10 |
| Kerala &mahe            |      0 |      9 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      6 |

Annexure-2 State/UT wise deaths due to Heat/Sun Stroke during 2013-2022:

| SL   | State/UT                   | 2013   |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |
|------|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh             | 418    |    244 |    654 |    312 |    231 |     97 |    128 |     50 |     22 |     47 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh          | 0      |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 3    | Assam                      | 5      |      0 |      0 |      6 |      0 |      0 |      3 |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 4    | Bihar                      | 85     |    131 |     86 |     85 |     84 |     64 |    215 |     53 |     57 |     78 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh               | 3      |      4 |      2 |      9 |     11 |      1 |     16 |      3 |      2 |     11 |
| 6    | Goa                        | 0      |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 7    | Gujarat                    | 26     |     45 |     52 |     32 |     25 |     31 |     27 |     12 |      8 |      5 |
| 8    | Haryana                    | 82     |     79 |     34 |     76 |     24 |     56 |     46 |     23 |     14 |     27 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh           | 0      |      1 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 10   | Jharkhand                  | 42     |     50 |     96 |     45 |     51 |     42 |     88 |     23 |     33 |     47 |
| 11   | Karnataka                  | 6      |      2 |      0 |     17 |      0 |      0 |      4 |      1 |      0 |      2 |
| 12   | Kerala                     | 1      |      0 |      1 |      4 |      1 |      1 |      3 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh             | 12     |     33 |     24 |     26 |     34 |     15 |     33 |      7 |      2 |     27 |
| 14   | Maharashtra                | 80     |     58 |     61 |     96 |    102 |    128 |    159 |     56 |     37 |     90 |
| 15   | Manipur                    | 0      |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 16   | Meghalaya                  | 0      |      2 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      4 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 17   | Mizoram                    | 1      |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 18   | Nagaland                   | 0      |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 19   | Odisha                     | 101    |     78 |     60 |     81 |     99 |     40 |     84 |     13 |     15 |     38 |
| 20   | Punjab                     | 144    |    123 |     99 |    145 |     60 |     38 |     90 |    110 |     91 |    130 |
| 21   | Rajasthan                  | 40     |     45 |     41 |     51 |     35 |     43 |     54 |     23 |      1 |     12 |
| 22   | Sikkim                     | 0      |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                 | 0      |      0 |      0 |      1 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      2 |      2 |
| 24   | Telangana #                | -      |    128 |    182 |    216 |    180 |    107 |    156 |     98 |     43 |     62 |
| 25   | Tripura                    | 12     |      2 |      0 |      2 |      0 |      1 |      1 |      2 |      0 |      2 |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh              | 108    |    126 |    487 |    114 |    142 |    176 |    117 |     50 |     35 |    130 |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                | 0      |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 28   | West Bengal                | 45     |     88 |     28 |     18 |     48 |     46 |     49 |      6 |     11 |     18 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 1211   |   1239 |   1907 |   1336 |   1127 |    890 |   1274 |    530 |    374 |    729 |
| 29   | A &NIslands                | 0      |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 30   | Chandigarh                 | 0      |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman&Diu@+ | 0      |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 32   | Delhi UT                   | 2      |      9 |      0 |      1 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 33   | Jammu & Kashmir@*          | 3      |      0 |      1 |      1 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |

| 34           | Ladakh@     | -     | -     | -     | -     | -     |   - | -     |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|--------------|-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-----|-------|-----|-----|-----|
| 35           | Lakshadweep | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     |   0 | 0     |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 36           | Puducherry  | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     |   0 | 0     |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| TOTAL        | UT(S)       | 5     | 9     | 1     | 2     | 0     |   0 | 0     |   0 |   0 |   1 |
| TOTAL INDIA) | (ALL        | 121 6 | 124 8 | 190 8 | 133 8 | 112 7 | 890 | 127 4 | 530 | 374 | 730 |

As per data provided by States/UTs '+' Combined data of erstwhile D & N HAVELI AND DAMAN & DIU UT during 20132019 '*' Data of erstwhile JAMMU & KASHMIR State Including LADAKH during 2013-2019 '#' Data of newly created State during 2014 '@' Data of newly created Union Territory 2020 Source: National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)

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