Lok Sabha Question No. 5157 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Daily Weather Forecast
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: RAOSAHEB PATIL DANVE

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5157 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY April 5, 2017

## DAILY WEATHER FORECAST

## 5157. SHRI RAOSAHEB DANVE PATIL:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether India Meteorological Department has started the services of  daily  weather  forecast  of  a  particular  place  throughout  the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has installed Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) in the entire country and if so, the details thereof, location-wise and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the time by which the DWR is likely to be made operational in the entire country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (SHRI Y. S. CHOWDARY)

- (a-b)  Yes Madam. The weather information (Maximum, Minimum temperatures, Rainfall and Sky condition, etc.) and forecast for next 7 days for 310 important cities and towns in all the states and union territories of India is issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and is made available on the National and Regional websites of IMD.
- (c) Yes Madam. Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) network is employed in the  country  to  improve  the  severe  weather  surveillance  capability and  for  operating  now-casting  service.  The  details  of  the  DWR system installed in the country, location and state-wise are enclosed at Annexure-I.
- (d) Augmentation  of  the  observing  system  networks  including  DWR network is a continuing process that shall be taken up as per the emerging needs from time to time. Additional DWRs will be placed in a phased manner based on service requirements related to land and associated infrastructure in various parts of the country.

## Annexure-1

## List of Doppler Weather Radars in India Meteorological Department's Network

| S.No.                             | Name of Station Doppler Weather Radar   | Commissioned on   |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 1                                 | Chennai (Tamil Nadu) S-Band             | 22.02.2002        |
| 2 Kolkata (West Bengal)           | S-Band                                  | 29.01.2003        |
| 3 Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh)  | S-Band                                  | 08.12.2004        |
| 4 Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh). | S-Band                                  | 27.07.2006        |
| 5 Delhi (Palam) (Delhi)           | S-Band                                  | 22.04.2010        |
| 6 Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)      | S-Band                                  | 16.07.2010        |
| 7 Nagpur (Maharashtra)            | S-Band                                  | 28.02.2011        |
| 8 Agartala (Tripura)              | S-Band                                  | 13.03.2011        |
| 9 Patna (Bihar)                   | S-Band                                  | 27.05.2011        |
| 10 Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)        | S-Band                                  | 16.08.2011        |
| 11 Patiala (Punjab)               | S-Band                                  | 13.10.2011        |
| 12 Mohanbari (Assam)              | S-Band                                  | 02.06.2012        |
| 13 Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)        | S-Band                                  | 06.11.2013        |
| 14 Paradip (Odisha)               | S-Band                                  | 19.11.2015        |
| 15 Karaikal (Tamil Nadu)          | S-Band                                  | 29-10-2015        |
| 16 Goa(Goa)                       | S-Band                                  | 27.11.2016        |
| 17 Mumbai (Maharashtra)           | S-Band                                  | 25.08.2015        |
| 18 Bhuj (Gujarat)                 | S-Band                                  | 17.08.2016        |
| 19 (Mausam Bhawan (Delhi)         | C-Band/ Polarimetric                    | 19.12.2011        |
| 20 Jaipur (Rajasthan)             | C-Band/ Polarimetric                    | 28.01.2012        |
| 21 Srinagar (J&K)                 | X-Band/ Polarimetric                    | 01-05-2015        |