Geographical study heat wave in Durg district

Durgdistrict has been selected for the study of heat waves. Durg district islocated in the central part of Chhattisgarh. Rapid urbanization andindustrialization has developed in this area. This area comes under thetropical climate zone due to which the temperature here is higher than normaldays in summers, but in the months of May and June, hot air coming from thewestern region flows here due to which the temperature increases further. Andthe danger of a heat wave arises. Considering the heat wave as a naturaldisaster, a comparative study of temperature data of a decade of May from 2014to 2024 has been done for the study in the research paper. The reasons for theorigin of heat waves, the increasing effect of heat waves on human health,environment, and animals have also been studied and government schemes forprotection from heat waves, awareness among people, preventive measures like treeplantation by reducing the speed of urbanization are proposed in the presentedresearch paper.