Lok Sabha Question No. 1619 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Automatic Weather Stations in NER
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: RADHESHYAM BISWAS

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No.  1619 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019

## AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS IN NER

## 1619. SHRI RADHEYSHYAM BISWAS

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any modern automatic weather stations have been set up in the North-Eastern States including Sikkim;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State and location-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  link  these  weather stations  with  micro  insurance  programmes  for  farmers  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (d) whether there is any Government programme to understand the nature of monsoon pattern in these areas; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a) Yes Madam. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has installed modern Automatic Weather Stations in North Eastern States & Sikkim
- (b) The details of functional AWSs in the northeastern States & Sikkim are given in the table below;

## List of AWSs in North Eastern States of India

|   S NO. | STATE             | DISTRICT      | STATION    |
|---------|-------------------|---------------|------------|
|       1 | ARUNACHAL_PRADESH | WEST_SIANG    | BASAR_AGRO |
|       2 | ARUNACHAL_PRADESH | CHANGLANG     | CHANGLANG  |
|       3 | ARUNACHAL_PRADESH | DIBANG_VALLEY | ANINI      |
|       4 | ARUNACHAL_PRADESH | EAST_KAMENG   | SEPPA      |

|   5. | ARUNACHAL_PRADE SH   | EAST_SIANG           | PASSIGHAT         |
|------|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|    6 | ARUNACHAL_PRADE SH   | LOHIT                | TEZU              |
|    7 | ARUNACHAL_PRADE SH   | LOWER_DIBANG_VAL LEY | ROING             |
|    8 | ARUNACHAL_PRADE SH   | LOWER_SUBANSIRI      | ZIRO              |
|    9 | ARUNACHAL_PRADE SH   | PAPUMPARE            | NAHARLAGUN        |
|   10 | ARUNACHAL_PRADE SH   | TAWANG               | TAWANG            |
|   11 | ARUNACHAL_PRADE SH   | TIRAP                | DEOMALI           |
|   12 | ARUNACHAL_PRADE SH   | UPPER_SIANG          | TUTING            |
|   13 | ARUNACHAL_PRADE SH   | UPPER_SUBANSIRI      | DAPORIZO          |
|   14 | ARUNACHAL_PRADE SH   | WEST_KAMENG          | BOMDILA           |
|   15 | ARUNACHAL_PRADE SH   | WEST_SIANG           | ALONG             |
|   16 | ARUNACHAL_PRADE SH   | WEST_SIANG           | MECHUKA           |
|   17 | ASSAM                | JORHAT               | JORHAT_AGRO       |
|   18 | ASSAM                | KARBI_ANGLONG        | DIPHU_AGRO        |
|   19 | ASSAM                | KARIMGANJ            | KARIMGANJ_AGR O   |
|   20 | ASSAM                | KOKRAJHAR            | GOSSAIGAON_AG RO  |
|   21 | ASSAM                | NAGAON               | SHILLONGANI_AG RO |
|   22 | ASSAM                | SONITPUR             | SONITPUR_AGRO     |
|   23 | ASSAM                | BAKSA                | MUSHALPUR         |
|   24 | ASSAM                | BARPETA              | BARPETA           |
|   25 | ASSAM                | BONGAIGAON           | BONGAIGAON        |
|   26 | ASSAM                | CACHAR               | SILCHAR           |
|   27 | ASSAM                | CHIRANG              | KAJALGAON         |
|   28 | ASSAM                | DARRANG              | MANGALDAI         |
|   29 | ASSAM                | DHEMAJI              | DHEMAJI           |
|   30 | ASSAM                | DIBRUGARH            | DIBRUGARH         |

|   31. | ASSAM     | DIMA_HASAO           | HAFLONG        |
|-------|-----------|----------------------|----------------|
|    32 | ASSAM     | GOALPARA             | GOALPARA       |
|    33 | ASSAM     | GOLAGHAT             | GOLAGHAT       |
|    34 | ASSAM     | HAILAKANDI           | HAILAKANDI     |
|    35 | ASSAM     | KAMRUP               | KHANAPARA      |
|    36 | ASSAM     | KAMRUP_METROPOLITA N | GUWAHATI       |
|    37 | ASSAM     | KOKRAJHAR            | KOKRAGHAR      |
|    38 | ASSAM     | LAKHIMPUR            | BIHUPURIA      |
|    39 | ASSAM     | MORIGAON             | MORIGAON       |
|    40 | ASSAM     | NALBARI              | NALBARI        |
|    41 | ASSAM     | SIVASAGAR            | SIBSAGAR       |
|    42 | ASSAM     | TINSUKIA             | TINSUKIA       |
|    43 | ASSAM     | UDALGURI             | UDALGURI       |
|    44 | MANIPUR   | IMPHAL_WEST          | IMPHAL_AGRO    |
|    45 | MANIPUR   | BISHNUPUR            | BISHNUPUR      |
|    46 | MANIPUR   | CHANDEL              | CHANDEL        |
|    47 | MANIPUR   | CHURACHANDPUR        | CHURACHANDPU R |
|    48 | MANIPUR   | IMPHAL_EAST          | JIRIBAM        |
|    49 | MANIPUR   | IMPHAL_EAST          | POROMPAT       |
|    50 | MANIPUR   | SENAPATI             | SENAPATI       |
|    51 | MANIPUR   | TAMENGLONG           | TAMENGLONG     |
|    52 | MANIPUR   | THOUBAL              | THOUBAL        |
|    53 | MANIPUR   | UKHRUL               | UKHRUL         |
|    54 | MEGHALAYA | RI_BHOI              | UMIAM_AGRO     |
|    55 | MEGHALAYA | EAST_GARO_HILLS      | WILLIAMNAGAR   |
|    56 | MEGHALAYA | EAST_KHASI_HILLS     | SHILLONG       |
|    57 | MEGHALAYA | JAINTIA_HILLS        | JOWAI          |
|    58 | MEGHALAYA | SOUTH_GARO_HILLS     | BAGHMARA       |
|    59 | MEGHALAYA | WEST_GARO_HILLS      | TURA           |
|    60 | MEGHALAYA | WEST_KHASI_HILLS     | NONGSTOIN      |
|    61 | MIZORAM   | KOLASIB              | KOLASIB_AGRO   |

|   62. | MIZORAM   | AIZAWL        | AIZWAL          |
|-------|-----------|---------------|-----------------|
|    63 | MIZORAM   | CHAMPHAI      | CHAMPHAI        |
|    64 | MIZORAM   | LAWNGTLAI     | LOWNGTLAI       |
|    65 | MIZORAM   | LUNGLEI       | LUNGLEI         |
|    66 | MIZORAM   | MAMIT         | MAMIT           |
|    67 | MIZORAM   | SAIHA         | SAIHA           |
|    68 | MIZORAM   | SERCHHIP      | SERCHIP         |
|    69 | NAGALAND  | DIMAPUR       | JHARNAPANI_AGRO |
|    70 | NAGALAND  | DIMAPUR       | DIMAPUR         |
|    71 | NAGALAND  | KIPHIRE       | KIPHIRE         |
|    72 | NAGALAND  | KOHIMA        | KOHIMA          |
|    73 | NAGALAND  | KOHIMA        | SECHU           |
|    74 | NAGALAND  | MOKOKCHUNG    | MOKOKCHUNG      |
|    75 | NAGALAND  | PEREN         | PEREN           |
|    76 | NAGALAND  | PHEK          | PHEK            |
|    77 | NAGALAND  | WOKHA         | WOKHA           |
|    78 | NAGALAND  | ZUNHEBOTO     | ZUNHEBOTO       |
|    79 | TRIPURA   | NORTH_TRIPURA | KAMALPUR        |
|    80 | TRIPURA   | SOUTH_TRIPURA | GOKULPUR        |
|    81 | TRIPURA   | WEST_TRIPURA  | KHOWAI          |
|    82 | TRIPURA   | WEST_TRIPURA  | A_D_NAGAR       |
|    83 | SIKKIM    | EAST_SIKKIM   | TADONG          |
|    84 | SIKKIM    | NORTH_SIKKIM  | MANGAN          |
|    85 | SIKKIM    | SOUTH_SIKKIM  | NAMCHI          |
|    86 | SIKKIM    | WEST_SIKKIM   | GYALSHING       |

(c) As far now, there are no such plans.

(d) - (e)  IMD  monitors  the  performance  of  monsoon  for  the  entire  South  Asian region  and  efforts  are  continuously  made  for  better  understanding  and prediction of monsoon for this entire region.

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