Overview
- Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan led an online review that ordered agencies to ensure uninterrupted power and safe water and to curb public events during heat alerts.
- Public places will add shaded rest areas, oral rehydration salts and first aid for sunstroke, with roadside points for free drinking water at markets and bus stands.
- The Health Department will stock more antivenom after recent snakebites, set up permanent heat and burn clinics, and convert Anganwadi child-care centers into heat‑resilient buildings.
- KSDMA was told to fast‑track Wayanad’s district plan, install rain and automatic gauges before the monsoon, and keep the Kavacham warning system fully operational, with State Disaster Response Fund support under review.
- KSDMA reported high UV levels and forecast highs up to 40°C in Palakkad with many districts 3–4°C above normal, and it urged sun protection, light cotton clothing, and avoiding unclean or stagnant water because of a rare amoebic infection risk.