The Government proposes to install hi-tech Doppler weather radars in sensitive Himalayan region including Uttarakhand to get early alerts about cloudburst and heavy rain in higher reaches of the region.
Based on scientific assessment of the needs of observing system network, comprising Doppler Weather Radars, rain radars, Automatic Weather Stations (AWSs), Automatic Rain Gauges (ARGs), Snow Gauges etc. expansion has been formulated by Earth System Science Organization –India Meteorological Department (ESSO-IMD), under its project Integrated Himalayan Meteorology Programme for Western & Central Himalayas. It covers Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
The total budget proposed for the entire project is approximately 117 crores.
This was stated by Union Minister of State for Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences, D/o Atomic Energy & D/o Space Dr. Jitendra Singh (Independent Charge) in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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