Lok Sabha Question No. 2936 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-15
Subject: Modern Automatic Weather Stations
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: Khan Saumitra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOKSABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2936 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 15TH DECEMBER, 2021

## MODERN AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS

## 2936. SHRI SAUMITRA KHAN:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any modem automatic weather stations have been set up in West Bengal;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, 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 the Government proposes to sanction any new project in Bishnupur Constituency;
- (e) if so, whether there is any Government programme to understand the nature of monsoon pattern in these areas; and
- (t) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES

(DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a) Yes Sir. On the whole, there are 33 Automatic Weather Stations and 35 Automatic Rain Gauges installed in West Bengal.
- (b) Details of automatic weather stations and automatic raingauges stations of West Bengal are given in Annexure I and Annexure II, respectively.
- (c) Ministry of Earth Sciences does not have any plans to link theweather stations with micro insurance programmes for farmers.
- (d) No new projects are being sanctioned to Bishnupur Constituency. However, an automatic weather station has already been established in Bankura district in which Bishnupur is located. In addition to that, one RS/RW station is recently established in Bankura to support upper air observations. Also, IMD issues city specific forecasts to Bishnupur among the other stations.
- (e) - (t) IMD has carried out an analysis of observed monsoon rainfall variability and changes of29 States & Union Territory at State and District levels based on the IMD's observational data of recent 30 years (19892018) during the Southwest monsoon season from June-July­ August-September (JJAS). The reports on observed rainfall variability and its trend for each State and Union Territory are available in IMD website (https:llmausam.imd.gov.in/) under "PUBLICATIONS" as well as in IMD Pune website:

http://www.imdpune.gov.inlhydrology/rainfall%20variability%20page/rainfall%20trend.ht ml

Followings are findings on the changes of rainfall and its intensities during the last three decades:

- Five states viz., Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Meghalaya and Nagaland have shown significant decreasing trends in southwest monsoon rainfall during the recent 30 years period (1989-2018).
- The annual rainfall over these five states along with the states of Arunachal Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh also show significant decreasing trends.
- Other states do not show any significant changes in southwest monsoon rainfall during the same period.
- Considering district-wise rainfall, there are many districts in the country, which show significant changes in southwest monsoon and annual rainfall during the recent 30 years period (1989-2018).
- With regard to the frequency of heavy rainfall days, significant increasing trend is observed over Saurashtra& Kutch, Southeastern parts of Rajasthan, Northern parts of Tamil Nadu, Northern parts of Andhra Pradesh and adjoining areas of Southwest Odisha, many parts of Chhattisgarh, Southwest Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Manipur & Mizoram, Konkan & Goa and Uttarakhand.

Details of Automatic Weather Stations of West Bengal

|   SNO. | STATE       | DISTRICT                   | STATION                          |
|--------|-------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|      1 | WEST BENGAL | BANKURA                    | BANKURA                          |
|      2 | WEST BENGAL | BARDHAMAN                  | BURDWAN                          |
|      3 | WEST BENGAL | BHIRBHUM                   | SURI                             |
|      4 | WEST BENGAL | BIRBHUM                    | SANTINIKETAN- BOLPUR KVK         |
|      5 | WEST BENGAL | COOCH BEHAR                | PUNDIBARI                        |
|      6 | WEST BENGAL | DARJEELING                 | DARJEELING                       |
|      7 | WEST BENGAL | EAST MEDINIPUR             | TAMLUK                           |
|      8 | WEST BENGAL | HOOGHLY                    | CHINSURA                         |
|      9 | WEST BENGAL | HOWRAH                     | ULUBERIA                         |
|     10 | WEST BENGAL | JALPAIGURI                 | HASIMARA                         |
|     11 | WEST BENGAL | JALPAIGURI                 | JALPAIGURI                       |
|     12 | WEST BENGAL | JALPAIGURI                 | RAMSHAl KVK                      |
|     13 | WEST BENGAL | JHARGRAM                   | JHARGRAM                         |
|     14 | WEST BENGAL | KALIMPONG                  | KALIMPONG AMFU                   |
|     15 | WEST BENGAL | KOLKATA                    | KOLKATA AIRPORT                  |
|     16 | WEST BENGAL | MALDA                      | RATUA KVK                        |
|     17 | WEST BENGAL | MURSHIDABAD                | BERHAMPORE                       |
|     18 | WEST BENGAL | MURSHIDABAD                | MURSHIDABAD KVK                  |
|     19 | WEST BENGAL | NADIA                      | KALYANI                          |
|     20 | WEST BENGAL | NADIA                      | KRISHNAGAR                       |
|     21 | WEST BENGAL | NORTH DINAJPUR             | RAIGANJ                          |
|     22 | WEST BENGAL | NORTH TWENTY FOUR PARGANAS | ASHOKNAGAR KVK                   |
|     23 | WEST BENGAL | NORTH TWENTY FOUR PARGANAS | BASIRHAT                         |
|     24 | WEST BENGAL | PURULIA                    | PURULIA (State Govt Guest House) |
|     25 | WEST BENGAL | PURULIA                    | PURULIA KVK                      |
|     26 | WEST BENGAL | SOUTH DINAJPUR             | MAJHIAN AMFU                     |
|     27 | WEST BENGAL | SOUTH TWENTY FOUR PARGANAS | BARUIPUR                         |
|     28 | WEST BENGAL | SOUTH TWENTY FOUR PARGANAS | CANNIiNG                         |
|     29 | WEST BENGAL | SOUTH TWENTY FOUR PARGANAS | KAKDWIP                          |
|     30 | WEST BENGAL | SOUTH TWENTY FOUR PARGANAS | NIMPITH                          |
|     31 | WEST BENGAL | SOUTH TWENTY FOUR PARGANAS | RAIDIGHI                         |
|     32 | WEST BENGAL | SOUTH TWENTY FOUR PARGANAS | SAGAR ISLAND                     |
|     33 | WEST BENGAL | WEST MEDINIPUR             | KHARAGPUR( lIT CAMPUS)           |

## Annexure-I

## Annexure-II

## Details of Automatic Raingauge Stations of West Bengal (TOTAL: 35)

|   S.NO. | DISTRICT          | STATION           |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------|
|       1 | BANKURA           | KADAMDEULI        |
|       2 | BANKURA           | MUKUTMONIPUR      |
|       3 | BANKURA           | SONAMUKHI         |
|       4 | BARDHAMAN         | KATWA             |
|       5 | BIRBHUM           | SHEKHAMPORE       |
|       6 | COOCH BEHAR       | DINHATA           |
|       7 | COOCH BEHAR       | MATHABHANGA       |
|       8 | COOCH BEHAR       | MEKHLIGANJ        |
|       9 | COOCH BEHAR       | TOOFANGANJ        |
|      10 | DARJEELING        | KHARIBARI         |
|      11 | KALIMPONG         | PEDONG            |
|      12 | DARJEELING        | SILIGURI          |
|      13 | HOOGHLY           | DHANIAKHALI       |
|      14 | HOWRAH            | JAGATBALLAVPUR    |
|      15 | ALIPURDUAR        | ALIPURDUAR        |
|      16 | JALPAIGURI        | CHENGMARI TEA     |
|      17 | JALPAIGURI        | JAYANTI           |
|      18 | JALPAIGURI        | MAHUA TEA ESTATE  |
|      19 | JALPAIGURI        | MAINAGURI         |
|      20 | JALPAIGURI        | MALBAZAR          |
|      21 | MALDA             | RATUA             |
|      22 | NADIA             | CHAKDAH           |
|      23 | NADIA             | DEBAGRAM          |
|      24 | NORTH DINAJPUR    | CHOPRA            |
|      25 | NORTH DINAJPUR    | ITAHAR            |
|      26 | NORTH 24 PARGANAS | BARRACKPORE       |
|      27 | NORTH 24 PARGANAS | DEGANGA           |
|      28 | PURULIA           | JHALDA            |
|      29 | PURULIA           | KOTSHILA          |
|      30 | SOUTH DINAJPUR    | GANAGRAMPUR       |
|      31 | SOUTH 24 PARGANAS | ALIPORE           |
|      32 | NORTH 24 PARGANAS | CGWB BIDHANNAGAR  |
|      33 | KOLKATA           | LA MARTINIERE KOL |
|      34 | KOLKATA           | OHR 15            |
|      35 | KOLKATA           | OHR 10            |

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