| Event code | EW-HEW/06779/IND |
|---|---|
| Main category | Extreme Weather |
| Sub category | heat waves |
| Event date (UTC) | Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:02:03 +0000 |
| Last update (UTC) | Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:02:03 +0000 |
| Continent | Asia |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Administration area | State of Karnataka |
| Settlement | |
| Exact location | State-wide |
| Open Location Code: | 7J6RM529+34 |
| Size of affected area | State wide level |
| Additional events | - |
| Urgency | Past |
|---|---|
| Certainty | Observed |
| Severity | Extreme |
| Category | Met |
In a recent development relating to the severe heatwave in Karnataka, the government has decided to change the office timings to the morning. Due to the heatwave, the Karnataka government has issued an order to change the government office hours from 8 am to 1:30 pm in April and May 2025 in as many as seven districts of Kalaburagi division and Vijayapura and Bagalkot districts of Belagavi division. The Karnataka State Government Employees Association kept an earlier proposal in this regard and the same has been approved by the Information and Public Relations Department. The I and PR Department of the Government of Karnataka said that, “The Karnataka State Government Employees Association kept an earlier proposal” that was approved.
| Number of dead: | 0 person(s) |
|---|---|
| Number of injured: | 0 person(s) |
| Number of Affected: | 0 person(s) |
| Number of Rescued/evacuated: | 0 person(s) |
| Number of Missing: | 0 person(s) |
| Number of Infected: | 0 person(s) |
| Code2 | IN |
|---|---|
| Code | IND |
| Name | India |
| LocalName | Bharat/India |
| GovernmentForm | Federal Republic |
| Continent | Asia |
| Region | Southern and Central Asia |
| SurfaceArea | 3287263.00 |
| IndepYear | 1947 |
| Population | 1013662000 |
| LifeExpectancy | 62.5 |
| GNP | 447114.00 |
| GNPOld | 430572.00 |
| Capital | 1109 |