Lok Sabha Question No. 654 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-19
Subject: Weather Forecast Information Centre
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: KULAMANI SAMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 654

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017

## WEATHER FORECAST INFORMATION CENTRE

## 654.  DR. KULAMANI SAMAL:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  weather  forecast  information  centre/services  that  have  been sanctioned / established during the last three years and the current year and the number of centers functioning under the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)  so  far,  in  all  coastal  districts  in  the  country  including  in  each  coastal district of odisha;
- (b) whether  there  is  any  proposal  to  establish  at  least  one  weather  forecast information centre in each coastal district of the country within a fixed time frame;
- (c) if not, whether the Government proposes to consider such a proposal; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

(SHRI Y. S. CHOWDARY)

- (a) During  last  three  years  7  Doppler  Weather  Radar  (DWR)  operations  (Bhuj, Cherrapunji, Kochi, Paradeep, Karaikal Goa and Trivendrum) for 24X7 severe weather surveillance have been established to provide very short range (up to 3-6 hrs) newscast warnings to various stake holders in the country. Currently about 25 DWRs is providing severe weather warning covering 227 cities/towns in addition to INSAT-3D/3DR based severe weather warning covering the whole country.

Regional Meteorological Centres (RMCs) and the Meteorological Centres (MCs) located at the State Capital are responsible to provide the weather forecasting information at District Level including coastal districts. Details of the Centres are given in Annexure-I.   In addition to that, Area Cyclone Warning Centres (ACWC) located at Chennai, Kolkatta and Mumbai and Cyclone Warning Centre (CWC) at Ahmedabad,  Bhubaneshwar  and  Visakhapatnam  cater to the forecasting needs of the coastal districts during cyclones.

- (b) Yes. District Level Agro-Meteorological Advisory Services in collaboration with Indian  Council  of  Agriculture  Research  (ICAR)  for  serving  farmers  is  being planned.
- (c-d)  Does not arise.

## Annexure-I

|   S.No. | States                   | Weather Forecasting Centres for the country   |
|---------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh           | Meteorological Centre, Hyderabad              |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh        | Meteorological Centre, Itanagar               |
|       3 | Assam                    | Regional Meteorological Centre, Guwahati      |
|       4 | Bihar                    | Meteorological Centre, Patna                  |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh             | Meteorological Centre, Raipur                 |
|       6 | Delhi                    | Regional Meteorological Centre, Delhi         |
|       7 | Goa                      | Meteorological Centre, Goa                    |
|       8 | Gujarat                  | Meteorological Centre, Ahmadabad              |
|       9 | Haryana                  | Meteorological Centre, Chandigarh             |
|      10 | Himachal Pradesh         | Meteorological Centre, Shimla                 |
|      11 | Jammu & Kashmir          | Meteorological Centre, Srinagar               |
|      12 | Jharkhand                | Meteorological Centre, Ranchi                 |
|      13 | Karnataka                | Meteorological Centre, Bangalore              |
|      14 | Kerala                   | Meteorological Centre, Thiruvananthapuram     |
|      15 | Madhya Pradesh           | Meteorological Centre, Bhopal                 |
|      16 | Maharashtra              | Regional Meteorological Centre, Mumbai        |
|      17 | Manipur                  | Regional Meteorological Centre, Guwahati      |
|      18 | Meghalaya                | Regional Meteorological Centre, Guwahati      |
|      19 | Mizoram                  | Regional Meteorological Centre, Guwahati      |
|      20 | Nagaland                 | Regional Meteorological Centre, Guwahati      |
|      21 | Odisha                   | Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneshwar           |
|      22 | Punjab                   | Meteorological Centre, Chandigarh             |
|      23 | Rajasthan                | Meteorological Centre, Jaipur                 |
|      24 | Sikkim                   | Meteorological Centre, Gangtok                |
|      25 | Tamil Nadu               | Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai       |
|      26 | Telangana                | Meteorological Centre, Hyderabad              |
|      27 | Tripura                  | Meteorological Centre, Agartala               |
|      28 | Uttar Pradesh            | Meteorological Centre, Lucknow                |
|      29 | Uttarakhand              | Meteorological Centre, Dehradun               |
|      30 | West Bengal              | Regional Meteorological Centre, Kolkata       |
|      31 | Andaman & Nicobar Island | Regional Meteorological Centre, Kolkata       |
|      32 | Lakshadweep              | Meteorological Centre, Thiruvananthapuram     |
|      33 | Chandigarh               | Meteorological Centre, Chandigarh             |
|      34 | Puducherry               | Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai       |
|      35 | Daman & Diu              | Meteorological Centre, Ahmadabad              |
|      36 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli     | Meteorological Centre, Ahmadabad              |