Met dept pulls out all stops to combat heat wave, Maha sizzles at 46°C

Medical Council, Red Cross part of plan to address this, with action to begin right away

Changing school timings, compulsory availability of potable drinking water at railway stations and public places and shifting of hospital wards that houses women and children to lower floors are among some of the drastic steps which the India Meteorological Department, along with the National Disaster Management Authority, has suggested to state governments of 50-odd districts seen highly vulnerable to heatwaves and prolonged dry weather. 

The Red Cross and the Medical Council of India (MCI) have also decided to chip in by distributing oral rehydration packets and regular updates to weak patients to ensure that disease and deaths due to soaring