Lok Sabha Question No. 3673 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-02
Subject: Cyclone Warning  Centre
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: ANTO  ANTONY

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3673

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 02, 2019

## CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE

## 3673. SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) the  objectives  and  the  salient  features  of  Cyclone  Warning  Centres (CWCs) functioning in various locations in the country;
- (b) the  location-wise  details  of  CWCs  functioning  in  the  country;  Statewise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to establish more CWCs in view of increasing number of cyclones in the country: and
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof; State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) At present, the cyclone warning organization of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has three-tier system to cater to the needs  of  the  maritime  states.  There  are  Area  Cyclone  Warning Centres  (ACWCs)  at  Chennai,  Mumbai  and  Kolkata  and  Cyclone Warning Centre (CWCs) at Visakhapatnam, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar and Thiruvananthapuram. The co-ordination of cyclone warning operations  at  the  national  level  and  international  level  is  done  by Cyclone  Warning  Division  (CWD)  at  New  Delhi.  The  ACWCs/CWCs perform the operational work of issuing the bulletins and warnings as per various user interests, while the Cyclone Warning Division, New Delhi coordinates and guides the work of the ACWCs/CWCs, exercises supervision  over  their  work  and  takes  necessary  measures  for continued improvement and efficiency of the storm warnings system of the country as a whole. The ultimate responsibility for operational storm warning work for the respective areas lies with the ACWCs and CWCs.
- (b) The details of CWCs/ACWCs and their area of responsibility are given below.

| Area of Responsibility of ACWC/CWC   | Area of Responsibility of ACWC/CWC   | Area of Responsibility of ACWC/CWC        | Area of Responsibility of ACWC/CWC        |
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Centre                               | Sea area                             | # Coastal area                            | Maritime State                            |
| ACWC Kolkata                         | Bay of Bengal                        | West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.   | West Bengal & Andaman & Nicobar Islands.  |
| ACWC Chennai                         |                                      | Tamil Nadu & Puducherry                   | Tamil Nadu &Puducherry.                   |
| ACWC Mumbai                          | Arabia n Sea                         | Maharashtra, Goa                          | Maharashtra, Goa.                         |
| CWC Thiruvananthapur am              |                                      | Kerala & Karnataka                        | Kerala, Karnataka & Lakshadweep.          |
| CWC Bhubaneswar                      | -                                    | Odisha                                    | Odisha                                    |
| CWC Visakhapatnam                    | -                                    | Andhra Pradesh                            | Andhra Pradesh                            |
| CWC Ahmedabad                        | -                                    | Gujarat, Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Gujarat, Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli |

# Coastal  strip  of  responsibility  extends  upto  75  km.  from  the  coast line.

- (c) As  all  the  coastal  areas  are  covered  by  existing  3  ACWCs  and  4 CWCs,  currently  there  are  no  proposals  to  establish  more  CWCs. However, recently, a Cyclone Warning Centre at Thiruvananthapuram has been established and made operational with effect from 01.10.2018.
- (d) Does not arise.

*****