Ghaziabad, May 14 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the Centre has prepared a comprehensive plan to ensure "zero human casualty" during heat waves across the country in the coming years.

Speaking after presenting the President's Colour to the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) at its 8th battalion campus in Ghaziabad, Shah said the government's disaster management approach is now focused on being "proactive" rather than "reactive."

He said the vision of the government is to achieve "zero casualty and minimum property damage" during natural disasters such as heat waves, floods, cyclones and earthquakes. Shah added that the Ministry of Home Affairs has already devised a strategy to tackle the growing challenge of extr...