Lok Sabha Question No. 4578 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-14
Subject: Installation of AWS
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4578 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2016

## INSTALLATION OF AWS

## 4578. SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  install  more  Automatic  Weather Stations (AWSs) in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the locations identified in this regard;
- (c) whether  there  is  sufficient  qualified  personnel  to  handle  data  monitoring and reporting at all the stations; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  measures  taken  further  to  avoid  and  rectify malfunctioning of AWSs?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI Y. S. CHOWDARY)

- (a) Augmentation  of  the  observing  system  networks  including  Automatic Weather Station (AWS) network is a continuing process that shall be taken up as per the emerging needs from time to time.
- (b) India Meteorological Department (IMD) has installed 706 AWS in the country so far.  Out of the 706 AWSs, 129 Agro- AWS are installed at Agromet field units  located  at  various  agricultural  research  stations  in  each  of  agroclimatic zones (having clusters of districts in each such zone). Efforts are being  made  in  consultation  with  various  agencies  and  year  mark  sitesfor the  prposed  installations  (National  Capital  Region,  Eastern  India  and Western  and  Central  Himalayan  Region)  of  AWS.  The  list  is  attached  in Annexure-I.
- (c) Yes, Madam.
- (d) Various  measures  being  taken  up  to  avoid  and  rectify  malfunctioning  of AWSs. These are;
-  Awarding AMC with penalty clauses for ensuring continuous availability of quality data in real time.
- 
- Periodic calibration of the field sensors and the systems.
-  Periodic maintenance of the AWS sites
- 
- Watch & Ward mechanism for ensuring security of the sites.

Quality control, Calibration and Utilization of AWS data for forecasting and assimilation  of  AWS  data  is  carried  out  on  continuous  basis  for  use  in weather prediction models.

## LIST OF AWS SITES (NCR AND EASTERN INDIA)

(Total AWS Sites:  200 Nos.)

| HARYANA       | HARYANA       | HARYANA       | HARYANA         | HARYANA       | HARYANA       |
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
| S.N.          | DISTRICT      | S.N.          | AWS SITE        | S.N.          | AWS SITE      |
| 1             | FARIDABAD     | 1             | FARIDABAD       | 2             | BALLAVGARH    |
|               |               | 3             | ATALI           | 4             | SURAJKUND     |
|               |               | 5             | CHHAINSA        | 6             | PRITHALA      |
| 2             | GURGAON       | 7             | GURGAON         | 8             | PATAUDI       |
|               |               | 9             | IMT MANESAR     | 10            | SOHNA         |
|               |               | 11            | FARUK NAGAR     | 12            | GARHI HARSANU |
|               |               | 13            | BHUNDASI        |               |               |
| 3             | JHAJJAR       | 14            | JHAJJAR         | 15            | BAHADUR GARH  |
|               |               | 16            | BERI            | 17            | MATANHEIL     |
|               |               | 18            | DIGHAL          | 19            | BADLI         |
|               |               | 20            | PATAUDA         | 21            | CHHUCHHAKWAS  |
|               |               | 22            | SALHAWAS        |               |               |
| 4             | MEWAT         | 23            | NUH             | 24            | PUNAHANA      |
|               |               | 25            | FEROZPUR JHIRKA | 26            | NAGINA        |
|               |               | 27            | PIHANGWAN       |               |               |
| 5             | PALWAL        | 28            | PALWAL          | 29            | HODAL         |
|               |               | 30            | HATHIN          | 31            | HOSANPUR      |
|               |               | 32            | DHATIR          | 33            | MANDKAOLA     |
| 6             | PANIPAT       | 34            | PANIPAT         | 35            | ISRANA        |
|               |               | 36            | SAMALKHA        | 37            | ASAN KHURD    |
|               |               | 38            | BABARPUR        |               |               |
| 7             | REWARI        | 39            | REWARI          | 40            | BEWAL         |
|               |               | 41            | KOSLI           | 42            | BAHU          |
|               |               | 43            | KANWALI         | 44            | JATUSANA      |
| 8             | ROHTAK        | 45            | ROHTAK          | 46            | MAHAM         |
|               |               | 47            | SAMPLA          | 48            | JASIA         |
|               |               | 49            | LAKHAN MAJRA    | 50            | KALANOUR      |
| 9             | SONEPAT       | 51            | SONEPAT         | 52            | KHARKHODA     |
|               |               | 53            | GANAUR          | 54            | MUNDLANA      |
|               |               | 55            | RAI             |               |               |
|               |               |               | RAJASTHAN       |               |               |
| S.N.          | DISTRICT      | S.N.          | AWS SITE        | S.N.          | AWS SITE      |
| 1             | ALWAR         | 1             | ALWAR           | 2             | BEHROR        |
|               |               | 3             | BHIWANI         | 4             | LAAXMANGARH   |
|               |               | 5             | NEEMRANA        | 6             | RAJGARH       |
|               |               | 7             | SARISKA         | 8             | THANA GAZI    |
|               |               | 9             | TIJARA          |               |               |
| UTTAR PRADESH | UTTAR PRADESH | UTTAR PRADESH | UTTAR PRADESH   | UTTAR PRADESH | UTTAR PRADESH |
| S.N.          | DISTRICT      | S.N.          | AWS SITE        | S.N.          | AWS SITE      |
| 1             | BAGHPAT       | 1             | BAGHPAT         | 2             | DAULA         |
|               |               | 3             | CHHARPRAULI     | 4             | TIKRI         |
|               |               | 5             | KUTANA          |               |               |
| 2             | BULANDSHAHAR  | 6             | BULANDSHAHAR    | 7             | SIKANDRABAD   |
|               |               | 8             | JAHANGIRBAD     | 9             | AHAR          |
|               |               | 10            | SIYANA          | 11            | SHIKHARPUR    |
|               |               | 12            | KHURJA          | 13            | NARAURA       |
|               |               | 14            | PAHASU          |               |               |
| 3             | GHAZIABAD     | 15            | GHAZIABAD       | 16            | DASNA         |
|               |               | 17            | PIKHUA          | 18            | HAPUR         |
|               |               | 19            | GARHMUKTESWAR   | 20            | MODINAGAR     |
|               |               | 21            | MURADNAGAR      | 22            | NIWARI        |
|               |               | 23            | DHAULANA        |               |               |

## ANNEXURE-I

| 4    | GAUTAMBUDHNA GAR   | 24   | NOIDA           | 25   | GREATER NOIDA      |
|------|--------------------|------|-----------------|------|--------------------|
|      |                    | 26   | DADRI           | 27   | DANKAUR            |
|      |                    | 28   | PARSAUL         | 29   | KASNA              |
|      |                    | 30   | BHANGEL         |      |                    |
| 5    | MEERUT             | 31   | MEERUT          | 32   | MAWANA             |
|      |                    | 33   | DAURALA         | 34   | SARDHANA           |
|      |                    | 35   | PALTA           | 36   | ROHTA              |
|      |                    |      | BIHAR STATE     |      |                    |
| S.N. | DISTRICT           | S.N. | AWS SITE        | S.N. | AWS SITE           |
| 1    | BANKA              | 1    | SHAMBUGANJ      | 2    | CHANDAN            |
| 2    | BHAGALPUR          | 3    | PIRPANTI        | 4    | BIHPUR / NAUGACHIA |
| 3    | BEGUSARAI          | 5    | BACHWARA        | 6    | GARHPURA           |
| 4    | JAMUI              | 7    | CHAKAI          | 8    | SIKANDRA           |
| 5    | LUCKEESARAI        | 9    | RAMGRAH         | 10   | SURYAGRAH          |
| 6    | MUNGER             | 11   | DHARHARA        | 12   | SANGRAMPUR         |
| 7    | NALANDA            | 13   | RAJGIR          | 14   | ISLAMPUR           |
| 8    | NAWADA             | 15   | KAUAKO          | 16   | KASHICHAK          |
| 9    | SHEIKHPURA         | 17   | SHEIKHPURA      | 18   | BARBIGHA           |
|      |                    |      | JHARKHAND STATE |      |                    |
| S.N. | DISTRICT           | S.N. | AWS SITE        | S.N. | AWS SITE           |
| 1    | BOKARO             | 1    | BOKARO          | 2    | GOMIA              |
| 2    | DEOGHAR            | 3    | MADHUPUR        | 4    | SARATH             |
| 3    | DHANBAD            | 5    | TOPCHANCHI      | 6    | NIRSA              |
| 4    | DUMKA              | 7    | JARMOUNDI       | 8    | SIKARIPARA         |
| 5    | EAST SINGHBHUM     | 9    | JAMSHEDPUR      | 10   | GHATSILA           |
| 6    | GIRIDIH            | 11   | DUMRI           | 12   | BAGODAR            |
| 7    | GODDA              | 13   | BERHAIT         | 14   | BORIO              |
|      |                    | 15   | GODDA           | 16   | AMRAPARA           |
| 8    | JAMTARA            | 17   | JAMTARA         | 18   | NALA               |
| 9    | PAKUR              | 19   | PAKUR           | 20   | AMRAPARA           |
| 10   | SERAIKELA          | 21   | SERAIKELA       | 22   | KHARSAWAN          |
| 11   | WEST SIGHBBHUM     | 23   | CHAKARDHARPUR   | 24   | MANOHARPUR         |
|      |                    |      | ORISSA          |      |                    |
| S.N. | DISTRICT           | S.N. | AWS SITE        | S.N. | AWS SITE           |
| 1    | MAYURBHANJ         | 1    | BAHALDA         | 2    | KHUNTA             |
|      |                    | 3    | RASAGOVINDPUR   | 4    | NAWANA             |
| 2    | KEONJHAR           | 5    | CHAMPUA         | 6    | BANSPAL            |
|      |                    | 7    | HATADIHI        | 8    | SARPADA            |
|      |                    |      | WEST BENGAL     |      |                    |
| S.N. | DISTRICT           | S.N. | AWS SITE        |      |                    |
| 1    | BANKURA            | 1    | MEJIA           | 2    | SONAMUKHI          |
|      |                    | 3    | BISHNUPUR       | 4    | TALDANGA           |
|      |                    | 5    | JHILMILI        |      |                    |
| 2    | BIRBHUM            | 6    | MURARI          | 7    | RAMPURHAT          |
|      |                    | 8    | RAJNAGAR        | 9    | BOLPUR             |
| 3    | BURDWAN            | 10   | ASANSOL         | 11   | KATOWA             |
|      |                    | 12   | KALNA           | 13   | PANAGARH           |
| 4    | HOOGHLY            | 14   | ARAMBAGH        | 15   | DAHANIAKHALI       |
|      |                    | 16   | SINGUR          | 17   | KHANAKUL           |
| 5    | HOWRAH             | 18   | UDAYNARAYANPUR  | 19   | JAGATBALLAVPUR     |
|      |                    | 20   | AMTA            | 21   | SYAMPUR            |
| 6    | MURSHIDABAD        | 22   | FARAKKA         | 23   | JANGIPUR           |
|      |                    | 24   | DOMKAL          | 25   | KANDI              |
| 7    | NADIA              | 26   | BAGDANGA        | 27   | KARIMPUR           |
|      |                    | 28   | PALASHIPARA     | 29   | DEBAGRAM           |
|      |                    | 30   | RANAGHAT        |      |                    |
| 8    | NORTH PARGANAS     | 31   | BANGAON         | 32   | NAIHATI            |

|    |                   |   33 | GAIGHATA       | 34   | SANDESHKHALI   |
|----|-------------------|------|----------------|------|----------------|
| 9  | PASCHIM MIDNAPORE |   35 | SILDA          | 36   | SALBANI        |
|    |                   |   37 | GHATAL         | 38   | DATAN          |
| 10 | PURBO MIDNAPORE   |   39 | PANSKURA       | 40   | HALDIA         |
|    |                   |   41 | BHAGOBANPUR    | 42   | PANCHET        |
|    |                   |   43 | DIGHA          |      |                |
| 11 | PURULIA           |   44 | JHALIDA        | 45   | RAGHUNATHPUR   |
|    |                   |   46 | MANBAZAR       | 47   | BAMUNADIHA     |
| 12 | SOUTH PARGANAS    |   48 | ALIPORE        | 49   | BHANGAR        |
|    |                   |   50 | DIMOND HARBOUR |      |                |

TENTATIVE LIST AWS SITES (WESTERN AND CENTRAL HIMALAYA)

AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATION (TOTAL 100 AWS SITES)

|                                              | State: Jammu and Kashmir (AWS SITES- 16 Nos.)   | State: Jammu and Kashmir (AWS SITES- 16 Nos.)   | State: Jammu and Kashmir (AWS SITES- 16 Nos.)   | State: Jammu and Kashmir (AWS SITES- 16 Nos.)   | State: Jammu and Kashmir (AWS SITES- 16 Nos.)   |
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| S.N.                                         | DISTRICT                                        | S.N.                                            | AWS SITE                                        | S.N.                                            | AWS SITE                                        |
| 1.                                           | KATHUA                                          | 1.                                              | HIRANAGAR                                       |                                                 |                                                 |
| 2.                                           | REASI                                           | 2.                                              | TANDA                                           |                                                 |                                                 |
| 3                                            | RAJOURI                                         | 3                                               | RAJOURI                                         |                                                 |                                                 |
| 4.                                           | DODA                                            | 4.                                              | DODA CITY                                       |                                                 |                                                 |
| 5.                                           | KISTWAR                                         | 5.                                              | BEERWAR                                         |                                                 |                                                 |
| 6.                                           | GANDERBAL                                       | 6.                                              | NUNNER                                          |                                                 |                                                 |
| 7.                                           | BARAMULLA                                       | 7.                                              | URI                                             |                                                 |                                                 |
| 8.                                           | BANDIPORA                                       | 8.                                              | GUREZ                                           |                                                 |                                                 |
| 9.                                           | KUPWARA                                         | 9.                                              | KARNAH                                          |                                                 |                                                 |
| 10.                                          | PULWAMA                                         | 10.                                             | PAMPORE                                         |                                                 |                                                 |
| 11.                                          | LEH                                             | 11.                                             | MO LEH                                          | 12                                              | NYOMA                                           |
|                                              |                                                 | 13                                              | PANGONG LAKE                                    |                                                 |                                                 |
| 12                                           | KARGIL                                          | 14                                              | KVK                                             | 15                                              | DRASS                                           |
|                                              |                                                 | 16                                              | ZANSKAR( PADUM)                                 |                                                 |                                                 |
| State: Himachal Pradesh (AWS SITES- 17 Nos.) | State: Himachal Pradesh (AWS SITES- 17 Nos.)    | State: Himachal Pradesh (AWS SITES- 17 Nos.)    | State: Himachal Pradesh (AWS SITES- 17 Nos.)    | State: Himachal Pradesh (AWS SITES- 17 Nos.)    | State: Himachal Pradesh (AWS SITES- 17 Nos.)    |
| S.N.                                         | DISTRICT                                        | S.N.                                            | AWS SITE                                        | S.N.                                            | AWS SITE                                        |
| 1                                            | BILASPUR                                        | 1                                               | NAINA DEVI                                      |                                                 |                                                 |
| 2                                            | CHAMBA                                          | 2                                               | BHARMAUR                                        | 3                                               | PANGI                                           |
| 3                                            | HAMIRPUR                                        | 4                                               | SUJANPUR TIRA                                   | 5                                               | JAWALAMUKHI                                     |
|                                              |                                                 | 6                                               | MACLEODGANJ                                     |                                                 |                                                 |
| 5                                            | KINNAUR                                         | 7                                               | SANGLA                                          |                                                 |                                                 |
| 6                                            | KULLU                                           | 8                                               | BANJAR                                          | 9                                               | ROHTANG PASS                                    |
| 7                                            | L & SPITI                                       | 10                                              | KAZA                                            | 11                                              | KHOKSAR                                         |
| 8                                            | MANDI                                           | 12                                              | KARSOG                                          |                                                 |                                                 |
| 9                                            | SIRMOUR                                         | 13                                              | RENUKA                                          | 14                                              | HARIPURDHAR                                     |
| 10                                           | SOLAN                                           | 15                                              | DARLAGHAT                                       |                                                 |                                                 |
|                                              |                                                 | 16                                              | PARWANOO                                        |                                                 |                                                 |
| 11                                           | UNA                                             | 17                                              | AMB                                             |                                                 |                                                 |
| State: Uttarakhand (AWS SITES- 62 Nos.)      | State: Uttarakhand (AWS SITES- 62 Nos.)         | State: Uttarakhand (AWS SITES- 62 Nos.)         | State: Uttarakhand (AWS SITES- 62 Nos.)         | State: Uttarakhand (AWS SITES- 62 Nos.)         | State: Uttarakhand (AWS SITES- 62 Nos.)         |
| S.N.                                         | DISTRICT                                        | S.N.                                            | AWS SITE                                        | S.N.                                            | AWS SITE                                        |
| 1                                            | ALMORA                                          | 1                                               | ALMORA                                          | 2                                               | BHAINSTYA CHHANA                                |
|                                              |                                                 | 3                                               | DEWARPANI                                       | 4                                               | JAINTI                                          |
|                                              |                                                 | 5                                               | JOGESHWAR                                       | 6                                               | KAUSANI                                         |
|                                              |                                                 | 7                                               | MANSI                                           | 8                                               | TAKULA                                          |
| 2                                            | BAGESHWAR                                       | 9                                               | KANDA                                           | 10                                              | SHAMADHURA                                      |
| 3                                            | CHAMPAWAT                                       | 11                                              | CHALTHI                                         | 12                                              | DEVIDHURA                                       |

|                                         |                                         | 13                                      | POORNAGIRI                              |                                         |                                         |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 4                                       | CHAMOLI                                 | 14                                      | BADRINATH                               | 15                                      | GAIRSAIN                                |
|                                         |                                         | 16                                      | GOVIND GHAT                             | 17                                      | GAWALDAM                                |
|                                         |                                         | 18                                      | NANDGAON                                |                                         |                                         |
| 5                                       | DEHRADUN                                | 19                                      | HARBATPUR                               | 20                                      | KOTI                                    |
|                                         |                                         | 21                                      | NAGTHAT                                 | 22                                      | SAHASPUR                                |
|                                         |                                         | 23                                      | SAHIYA                                  |                                         |                                         |
| 6                                       | TEHRI GHARWAL                           | 24                                      | DHUMAKOT                                | 25                                      | GHIRI                                   |
|                                         |                                         | 26                                      | KANDA                                   | 27                                      | KALAGARH                                |
|                                         |                                         | 28                                      | SATPULI                                 | 29                                      | SYUNSI                                  |
|                                         |                                         | 30                                      | YAMKESHWAR                              |                                         |                                         |
| 7                                       | HARIDWAR                                | 31                                      | BHAGWANPUR                              | 32                                      | SULTANPUR                               |
| 8                                       | NANITAL                                 | 33                                      | CHORGALLIA                              | 34                                      | DHARI                                   |
|                                         |                                         | 35                                      | LALKAUN                                 | 36                                      | KALADHUNGI                              |
|                                         |                                         | 37                                      | HALDWANI                                |                                         |                                         |
| 9                                       | PITHORAGARH                             | 38                                      | MALPA                                   | 39                                      | MUNSIYARI                               |
|                                         |                                         | 40                                      | TAWAGHAT                                | 41                                      | TEJAM                                   |
| 10                                      | RUDRAPRAYAG                             | 42                                      | JAKHANI                                 | 43                                      | KEDARNATH                               |
|                                         |                                         | 44                                      | SONEPRAYAG                              |                                         |                                         |
| 11                                      | TEHRI GARHWAL                           | 45                                      | CHAMYALA                                | 46                                      | KANATAL                                 |
|                                         |                                         | 47                                      | DANGCHURANA                             | 48                                      | MUYALGAON                               |
|                                         |                                         | 49                                      | NARENDRA NAGAR                          | 50                                      | MUKHIM                                  |
| 12                                      | UDHAM SINGH NAGAR                       | 51                                      | GADARPUR                                | 52                                      | JASPUR                                  |
|                                         |                                         | 53                                      | LALARPATTI                              | 54                                      | GULARBHOJ                               |
|                                         |                                         | 55                                      | KICCHA                                  |                                         |                                         |
| 13                                      | UTTARKASHI                              | 56                                      | BARKOT                                  | 57                                      | DUNDA                                   |
|                                         |                                         | 58                                      | GANGNANI                                | 59                                      | HARKIDUN                                |
|                                         |                                         | 60                                      | JAN KI CHATTI                           | 61                                      | MORI                                    |
|                                         |                                         | 62                                      | NAITWAR                                 |                                         |                                         |
| State: West Bengal (AWS sites - 5 Nos.) | State: West Bengal (AWS sites - 5 Nos.) | State: West Bengal (AWS sites - 5 Nos.) | State: West Bengal (AWS sites - 5 Nos.) | State: West Bengal (AWS sites - 5 Nos.) | State: West Bengal (AWS sites - 5 Nos.) |
| S.N.                                    | DISTRICT                                | S.N.                                    | AWS SITE                                |                                         |                                         |
| 1                                       | ALIPUR DUAR                             | 1                                       | ALIPUR DUAR                             | 2                                       | BARABISHA                               |
| 2                                       | DARJEELING                              | 3                                       | GHOOM                                   | 4                                       | LAVA                                    |
| 3                                       | JPG                                     | 5                                       | JALDAPARA                               |                                         |                                         |