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Integrated Heat and Cooling Action Plan
September 11 , 2025
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- iFOREST and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation released the Integrated Heat and Cooling Action Plan for the city.
- The temperature difference between the city and rural areas now ranges from 2.0 to 5.0 degrees Celsius.
- Heat stress in Bhubaneswar extends till October, with 230 days in 2024 qualifying as orange or yellow alert days.
- By 2050, a regular hot day in Bhubaneswar is projected to feel like today’s heatwave conditions.
- Cooling now uses one-third of city electricity, rising to nearly two-thirds in summer months.
- Bhubaneswar's total annual income loss due to heat stress is currently estimated at 8.6 percent.
- Bhubaneswar of Odisha became the first Indian city to release this.
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