After returning from his hectic over three- months election campaign, followed by 45 hours meditation at Kanyakumari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi focused on the administration. On Sunday, he held a series of review meetings with officials.
Chairing as many as seven such meetings, he reviewed the situation of the ongoing heatwave in the country and the preparedness for the onset of monsoon at his residence in the national capital, besides the havoc created by the recent Cyclone.
Mainly, he focused on the first 100 days of his new government, expecting to hold after the results of the Lok Sabha polls were announced in two days. Already concerned ministries prepared an action plan on the activities to be taken up during the next 100 days.
The Prime Minister was briefed that as per IMD forecasts, the heat wave is likely to continue in parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh. This year, the monsoon is likely to be normal and above normal in most parts of the country and below normal in parts of Peninsular India, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) stated.
PM Modi has instructed that proper drills for preventing and handling incidents of fire must be done on a regular basis. Fire audit and electrical safety audit of hospitals and other public places must be undertaken regularly,” he instructed. He also said that regular drills for the maintenance of fire lines in forests and productive utilization of biomass must be planned.
The Prime Minister was informed about the usefulness of the “van agni” portal in the timely identification of forest fires and their management. The Principal Secretary to the PM, Cabinet Secretary, Home Secretary, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, DG NDRF, and Member Secretary, NDMA along with other senior officials from PMO and concerned Ministries were also present in the meeting.