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PM Modi stressed the need to ensure regular fire and electrical safety audits are conducted in hospitals and public places amid the recent fire outbreaks which claimed several lives. | Image: 'X'/@narendramodi
NEW DELHI: With exit polls predicting a landslide victory for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the 2024 Indian Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held a marathon meeting to discuss the agenda for the first 100 days of his new government, which will be sworn in after the Lok Sabha election results are announced on June 4.
Prime Minister Modi is confident of returning to power and had earlier instructed the Council of Ministers to prepare agendas for each ministry.
The prime minister held seven consecutive meetings throughout the day, news agency PTI reported.
Addressing a meeting to review the current heatwave situation in several parts of the country, the Chief Minister stressed the need to ensure regular fire and electrical safety audits are conducted in hospitals and other public places amid a spate of fire accidents that have claimed several lives in the recent past.
According to an official statement, PM Modi directed the authorities to conduct regular proper training on fire prevention and fighting, and said regular drills should be organised for maintaining forest fire lines and productive utilisation of biomass.
“This year's monsoon is expected to be normal or above normal in most parts of India, while it is below normal in parts of peninsular India,” the statement said.
He chaired a meeting to review the aftermath of the heatwave and cyclone floods in different parts of the country and took stock of the efforts currently being made to assist people affected by these severe conditions. pic.twitter.com/1uDcc4ONX0
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The Prime Minister chaired another meeting on the post-Cyclone Remal situation, particularly in the Northeast. During the meeting, PM Modi was briefed on the impact in the affected states, including loss of life and damage to homes and other properties due to landslides and floods in Mizoram, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura.
Teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were carrying out evacuation, airlift and road-clearing operations, PTI news agency quoted a separate official statement as saying. The Union Home Ministry was in regular contact with state governments.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Modi reportedly told officials that his government would continue to provide full assistance to the cyclone-hit states.
Senior bureaucrats also participated in the meeting, which was chaired by the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister also chaired a meeting to review preparations for the celebration of World Environment Day on June 5.
Jairam Ramesh, general secretary of the Indian National Congress party, criticised Modi for holding several meetings, including marathon brainstorming sessions, to work out the agenda for the new government's 100 days, saying they were a “pressure tactic” to send a signal to the bureaucracy and administration.
The Indian National Congress condemned the meeting as “psychological warfare” by the prime minister and claimed he would step down.
Long before voting began in the Indian Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Modi had begun work across ministries and agencies to prepare a 100-day agenda for his new government. He instructed his Cabinet to prioritize programs and initiatives for the first 100 days.
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