When was the International Heat Wave Workshop 2026 held?

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Correct — C, 11-12 February 2026. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) hosted the International Heat Wave Workshop 2026 on 11-12 February 2026 at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan, New Delhi, as part of its Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction international workshop series (CoDRR-10). The workshop brought together Indian and international experts on strengthening heat-wave preparedness, resilience and risk governance — deliberately timed before the March-June heat season so that state and city Heat Action Plans could be firmed up in advance.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Not the announced dates. January is tempting because heat-action planning starts early in the year, but NDMA's national heat-wave workshops have themselves been February events (the 2024 edition ran 13-14 February at Vigyan Bhavan), and the 2026 international edition was notified for February too.  (b) Not the dates NDMA announced for this workshop; the event was held in the second week of February 2026.  (d) Right month, wrong week — the workshop ran on 11-12 February 2026, not on 20-21 February.

Concept: Heat waves are among the deadliest hazards in India, yet they are not among the 12 notified disasters eligible for assistance from the NDRF/SDRF — states may instead spend up to 10% of their SDRF on such locally notified disasters. India's response therefore runs through preparedness rather than relief: IMD forecasts and colour-coded warnings, NDMA's national guidelines on heat-wave management, and city and state Heat Action Plans that fix early-warning triggers, cooling centres, work-hour changes and hospital readiness. NDMA's annual pre-season workshops exist to review those plans before summer.

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