APSDMA launches ‘Smart Heat Alert Card’ that gives real-time temperatures and dos and don’ts

The Smart Heat alert card, launched by APSDMA in Tadepalli on Saturday, to help citizens stay informed about heat wave conditions in their locations. | Photo credit: arrangement

The Disaster Authority of the State of Andhra Pradesh (APSDMA) has launched a ‘smart heat alert’ card, notable both in physical and online formats, to provide citizens with timely and critical thermal wave information, and to guarantee the duration of public safety.

When launching the card at the APSDMA office in Tadepalli on May 17, on Saturday, G. Jayalakshmi, special main secretary, Department of Income and Disaster Management, said the initiative is aimed at empowering all Codains Agsel and resources to protect.

The card presents a QR code, a list of two and should not be done and an explanation on four heat -encoded heat risk levels. After receiving the card, once an individual scan the QR code from his mobile phone, the APSDMA website presents the temperature in real time in its location presented in a colored box.

If the temperature is beloow 35 Degree Celsius, The Color That Appears is Blue (Safe), If it is Between 35 and 40 Degree Celsius, The is is yellow (be alert), if the temperature is Between 41 and 44 Degree Celsius, it is orange or, it is red) red) and it is red) and it is red) and it is red) and it is network) and it is red) and it is red) and it is red) and it is red) and is red) and is red) and he. (Extreme danger).

While distributed thesis cards together with milk serum and water bottles to citizens in Tadepalli and the surrounding areas, the main secretary emphasized the importance of staying informed about two and donating extreme heat conditions. He also encouraged citizens to call the numbers APSDMA Tollfree, 1070/1800-425-0101, available 24 hours, 7 days a week, in case of summers of emergency duration.

The managing director of APSDMA, Ronanki Kurmanath, said that one can not only obtain live updates through the QR code but also guidelines to stay safe. He said the card is part of his continuous efforts to protect citizens from the dangers of thermal waves.

The APSDMA has forwarded the card to all district administrations, which would then put it in public places and also popularize it through online media.