Lok Sabha Question No. 1956 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-12
Subject: Training to Staff Appointed in AWS
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1956

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2021

## TRAINING TO STAFF APPOINTED IN AWS

## 1956.   SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY:

## Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether the staff appointed in Automated Weather Stations (AWS) are suitably trained to dispose of their duty of monitoring data and providing accurate information, if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether regular inspections are being conducted to ensure quality control, calibration and utilization of data obtained from AWS to develop a weather forecast model; and
- (c)   if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)Automatic Weather Stations are automatic stations, for which no dedicated staff is  required on  day  to  day  basis  for  its  operation.  However,  Surface  Instruments  Maintenance  & Monitoring Unit at IMD, Pune is monitoring the functioning of AWS network and imparts periodic training to the Met Officials at field stations across India in servicing, calibration & maintenance of AWS.
- (b)  &  (c)Met  Officials  posted  at  206  Synoptic  Meteorological  stations  across  the  country  are maintaining  AWS  within  150Km  distance  from  their  observatory  and  carry  out  servicing, comparison with standard & Calibration in order to ensure quality of AWS data.

List of IMD owned Synoptic Observatories taking part in Servicing/Calibration/Comparison with standards of AWS within 150KM from these observatories are given in Annexure .

## Annexure

|   S.No | Name of observatory   | Distirict       | State             |
|--------|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|      1 | Port blair            | South Andaman   | A.N. Island       |
|      2 | Ananthapur            | Ananthapur      | Andhra Pradesh    |
|      3 | Bapatla               | Guntur          | Andhra Pradesh    |
|      4 | Kalingapatnam         | Sreekakkulam    | Andhra Pradesh    |
|      5 | Kakinada              | East Godavari   | Andhra Pradesh    |
|      6 | Kavali                | Nellore         | Andhra Pradesh    |
|      7 | Kurnool               | Kurnool         | Andhra Pradesh    |
|      8 | Machilipatnam         | Krishna         | Andhra Pradesh    |
|      9 | Nellore               | Nellore         | Andhra Pradesh    |
|     10 | Narsapore             | West Godavari   | Andhra Pradesh    |
|     11 | Ongole                | Prakasham       | Andhra Pradesh    |
|     12 | Tuni                  | East Godavari   | Andhra Pradesh    |
|     13 | Visakhapatnam         | Visakhapatnam   | Andhra Pradesh    |
|     14 | Tirupathi AP          | Chittoor        | Andhra Pradesh    |
|     15 | Gannavaram            | Krishna         | Andhra Pradesh    |
|     16 | Amaravati             | Krishna         | Andhra Pradesh    |
|     17 | Itanagar              | Papumpara       | Arunachal Pradesh |
|     18 | Passighat             | East Siang      | Arunachal Pradesh |
|     19 | North Lakhimpur       | North Lakhimpur | Assam             |
|     20 | Mohanabari            | Dibrugarh       | Assam             |
|     21 | Tezpur                | Sonitpur        | Assam             |
|     22 | Jorhat                | Jorhat          | Assam             |
|     23 | Guwahati AP           | Kamrup Metro    | Assam             |
|     24 | Silchar               | Cachar          | Assam             |
|     25 | Dhubri                | Dhubri          | Assam             |
|     26 | Patna                 | Patna           | Bihar             |
|     27 | Bhagalpur             | Bhagalpur       | Bihar             |
|     28 | Gaya                  | Gaya            | Bihar             |
|     29 | Purnea                | Purnea          | Bihar             |
|     30 | Raipur                | Raipur          | Chatisgarh        |
|     31 | Jagdalpur             | Jagdalpur       | Chatisgarh        |
|     32 | Ambikapur             | Surguja         | Chatisgarh        |
|     33 | Mana AP               | Raipur          | Chatisgarh        |
|     34 | Bilaspur              | Bilaspur        | Chatisgarh        |
|     35 | Pendra Road           | Janjgir         | Chatisgarh        |
|     36 | New Delhi Palam       | Delhi           | Delhi             |

|   37 | MCChandigarh   | Delhi            | Delhi     |
|------|----------------|------------------|-----------|
|   38 | RS/RWAyanagar  | Delhi            | Delhi     |
|   39 | Seismo Ridge   | Delhi            | Delhi     |
|   40 | New Delhi SFD  | Delhi            | Delhi     |
|   41 | Panjim         | Goa              | Goa       |
|   42 | Marmugoa       | Goa              | Goa       |
|   43 | Rajkot         | Rajkot           | Gujarat   |
|   44 | Ahmedabad      | Ahmedabad        | Gujarat   |
|   45 | Bhavnagar      | Bhavnagar        | Gujarat   |
|   46 | Bhuj           | Bhuj             | Gujarat   |
|   47 | Dwarka         | Jamnagar         | Gujarat   |
|   48 | Naliya         | Kutch            | Gujarat   |
|   49 | Okha           | Jamnagar         | Gujarat   |
|   50 | Porbandar      | Junagadh         | Gujarat   |
|   51 | Veraval        | Junagadh         | Gujarat   |
|   52 | Surat          | Surat            | Gujarat   |
|   53 | Deesa          | Banskanda        | Gujarat   |
|   54 | Vadodara       | Vadodara         | Gujarat   |
|   55 | Shimla         | Shimla           | Himachal  |
|   56 | AMS Kangra     | Kangra           | Himachal  |
|   57 | Sundernagar    | Mandi            | Himachal  |
|   58 | Kalpa          | Kinnar           | Himachal  |
|   59 | Bhuntar        | Kulu             | Himachal  |
|   60 | AMS Shimla     | Shimla           | Himachal  |
|   61 | Hissar         | Hissar           | Haryana   |
|   62 | Karnal         | Karnal           | Haryana   |
|   63 | Ambala         | Ambala           | Haryana   |
|   64 | Srinagar       | Srinagar         | J&K       |
|   65 | Jammu          | Jammu            | J&K       |
|   66 | Banihal        | Doda             | J&K       |
|   67 | Kupwara        | Kupwara          | J&K       |
|   68 | Batote         | Batote           | J&K       |
|   69 | Badarwah       | Doda             | J&K       |
|   70 | Kukernag       | Anantnag         | J&K       |
|   71 | Pahalgam       | Anantnag         | J&K       |
|   72 | Katra          | Udhampur         | J&K       |
|   73 | Qazigund       | Anantnag         | J&K       |
|   74 | Ranchi         | Ranchi           | Jharkhand |
|   75 | Jamshedpur     | Ranchi           | Jharkhand |
|   76 | Daltonganj     | Palamau          | Jharkhand |
|   77 | Bangalore C.O. | Bangalore        | Karnataka |
|   78 | Bangalore AP   | Bangalore        | Karnataka |
|   79 | Panambur       | Dakshina Kannada | Karnataka |

|   80 | Bajpe              | Dakshina Kannada   | Karnataka      |
|------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|
|   81 | Gadag              | Dharwad            | Karnataka      |
|   82 | Chitradurga        | Chitrdurga         | Karnataka      |
|   83 | Gulbarga           | Gulbarga           | Karnataka      |
|   84 | Honavar            | Uttarakannada      | Karnataka      |
|   85 | Karwar             | Uttarakannada      | Karnataka      |
|   86 | AMOKGIAL           | Bengaluru          | Karnataka      |
|   87 | Belgaum AP         | Belgaum            | Karnataka      |
|   88 | Thiruvananthapuram | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala         |
|   89 | CIAL Kochi         | Ernakulam          | Kerala         |
|   90 | Kozhikode          | Kozhikode          | Kerala         |
|   91 | Trivendrum Airport | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala         |
|   92 | Kozhikde AP        | Kozhikode          | Kerala         |
|   93 | Allapuzha          | Allapuzha          | Kerala         |
|   94 | Kannur             | Kannur             | Kerala         |
|   95 | Indore             | Indore             | Madhya Pradesh |
|   96 | Bairagarh          | Bhopal             | Madhya Pradesh |
|   97 | Guna               | Guna               | Madhya Pradesh |
|   98 | Gwalior            | Gwalior            | Madhya Pradesh |
|   99 | Sagar              | Sagar              | Madhya Pradesh |
|  100 | Hoshangabad        | Hoshangabad        | Madhya Pradesh |
|  101 | Jabalpur           | Jabalpur           | Madhya Pradesh |
|  102 | Khajuraho          | Chhatrapur         | Madhya Pradesh |
|  103 | Satna              | Satna              | MadhyaPradesh  |
|  104 | Aurangabad         | Aurangabad         | Maharashtra    |
|  105 | Dahanu             | Thane              | Maharashtra    |
|  106 | Ratnagiri          | Ratnagiri          | Maharashtra    |
|  107 | Mumbai (Santacruz) | Mumbai             | Maharashtra    |
|  108 | Nasik              | Nasik              | Maharashtra    |
|  109 | Pune               | Pune               | Maharashtra    |
|  110 | Mahabaleshwar      | Satara             | Maharashtra    |
|  111 | Solapur            | Solapur            | Maharashtra    |
|  112 | Harnai             | Ratnagiri          | Maharashtra    |
|  113 | Kolhapur           | Kolhapur           | Maharashtra    |
|  114 | Parbhani           | Parbhani           | Maharashtra    |
|  115 | Sangali            | Sangali            | Maharashtra    |
|  116 | Satara             | Satara             | Maharashtra    |
|  117 | Pashan             | Pune               | Maharashtra    |
|  118 | Nagpur             | Nagpur             | Maharashtra    |
|  119 | Akola              | Akola              | Maharashtra    |
|  120 | Mumbai (Colaba)    | Mumbai             | Maharashtra    |
|  121 | AMS Gondia         | Gondia             | Maharashtra    |
|  122 | Imphal AP          | Imphal West        | Manipur        |

|   123 | CSO Shillong       | East Kashi Hills   | Meghalaya   |
|-------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------|
|   124 | Cherrapunji        | East Kashi Hills   | Meghalaya   |
|   125 | Barapani           | Ri-bhoi            | Meghalaya   |
|   126 | Lengpui            | Aizwal             | Mizoram     |
|   127 | Bhubaneswar        | Khurda             | Orissa      |
|   128 | Chandabali         | Bhadrak            | Orissa      |
|   129 | Puri               | Khurda             | Orissa      |
|   130 | Gopalpur           | Ganjam             | Orissa      |
|   131 | Balasore           | Bhadrak            | Orissa      |
|   132 | Jharsuguda         | Sambalpur          | Orissa      |
|   133 | Keonjhargarh       | Keonjhargarh       | Orissa      |
|   134 | Sambalpur          | Sambalpur          | Orissa      |
|   135 | Hirakud            | Sambalpur          | Orissa      |
|   136 | Paradeep           | Jagatsinghpur      | Orissa      |
|   137 | Patiala            | Patiala            | Punjab      |
|   138 | Ludhiana           | Ludhiana           | Punjab      |
|   139 | Amritsar           | Amritsar           | Punjab      |
|   140 | Jaipur             | Jaipur             | Rajasthan   |
|   141 | Kota               | Kota               | Rajasthan   |
|   142 | Jodhpur            | Jodhpur            | Rajasthan   |
|   143 | Jaisalmer          | Jaisalmer          | Rajasthan   |
|   144 | Barmer             | Barmer             | Rajasthan   |
|   145 | Bikaner            | Bikaner            | Rajasthan   |
|   146 | Churu              | Churu              | Rajasthan   |
|   147 | Sriganganagar      | Sriganganagar      | Rajasthan   |
|   148 | Ajmer              | Ajmer              | Rajasthan   |
|   149 | Dabok              | Udaipur            | Rajasthan   |
|   150 | M.C.Jaipur         | Jaipur             | Rajasthan   |
|   151 | PBO Kota           | Kota               | Rajasthan   |
|   152 | SMO Udaipur        | Udaipur            | Rajasthan   |
|   153 | Gangtok            | East Sikkim        | Sikkim      |
|   154 | Tadong             | East Sikkim        | Sikkim      |
|   155 | Adirampattinam     | Thanjavur          | Tamilanadu  |
|   156 | Coimbatore.AP      | Coimbatore         | Tamilanadu  |
|   157 | Menambakam Airport | Chennai            | Tamilanadu  |
|   158 | Nungambakam        | Chennai            | Tamilanadu  |
|   159 | Karaikal           | Pondicherry        | Tamilanadu  |
|   160 | Kodaikanal         | Dindigul           | Tamilanadu  |
|   161 | Kanyakumari        | Kanyakumari        | Tamilanadu  |
|   162 | Pamban             | Ramanathapuram     | Tamilanadu  |
|   163 | Pondicherry        | Pondicherry        | Tamilanadu  |
|   164 | Tiruchirapally     | Tiruchirappalli    | Tamilanadu  |
|   165 | Tondi              | Ramanathapuram     | Tamilanadu  |

|   166 | Madurai AP           | Madurai      | Tamilanadu    |
|-------|----------------------|--------------|---------------|
|   167 | Salem                | Salem        | Tamilanadu    |
|   168 | Vellore              | Vellore      | Tamilanadu    |
|   169 | Cuddalore            | Cuddalore    | Tamilanadu    |
|   170 | Nagapattinam         | Nagapattinam | Tamilanadu    |
|   171 | Hyderabad            | Hyderabad    | Telengana     |
|   172 | Ramagundam           | Karimnagar   | Telengana     |
|   173 | Nizamabad            | Nizamabad    | Telengana     |
|   174 | Agartala             | West Tripura | Tripura       |
|   175 | Kailashahar          | Agartala     | Tripura       |
|   176 | Lucknow              | Lucknow      | Uttar Pradesh |
|   177 | Allahabad            | Allahabad    | Uttar Pradesh |
|   178 | Babatpur             | Varanasi     | Uttar Pradesh |
|   179 | Bareilly             | Bareilly     | Uttar Pradesh |
|   180 | Gorakhpur            | Gorakhpur    | Uttar Pradesh |
|   181 | Varanasi             | Varanasi     | Uttar Pradesh |
|   182 | Sultanpur            | Shahjahanpur | Uttar Pradesh |
|   183 | Baharaich            | Baharaich    | Uttar Pradesh |
|   184 | Fursatganj           | Raibareilli  | Uttar Pradesh |
|   185 | Jhansi               | Jhansi       | Uttar Pradesh |
|   186 | Meerut               | Meerut       | Uttar Pradesh |
|   187 | Minicoy              | Lakshadweep  | Uttar Pradesh |
|   188 | Aminidivi            | Lakshadweep  | Uttar Pradesh |
|   189 | Agathi AP            | Lakshadweep  | Uttar Pradesh |
|   190 | Mukteshwar           | Nainital     | Uttarakhand   |
|   191 | Tehri                | Tehri        | Uttarakhand   |
|   192 | Pantnagar            | Nainital     | Uttarakhand   |
|   193 | Jolly Grant Air port | Dehradun     | Uttarakhand   |
|   194 | Dehradun             | Dehra Dun    | Uttarakhand   |
|   195 | Alipore              | 24-Parganas  | West Bengai   |
|   196 | Dum Dum              | 24-Parganas  | West Bengal   |
|   197 | Sriniketan           | Birbhum      | West Bengal   |
|   198 | Diamond Harbour      | 24-Parganas  | West Bengal   |
|   199 | Digha                | Midnapur     | West Bengal   |
|   200 | Haldia               | Midnapur     | West Bengal   |
|   201 | Bankura              | Bankura      | West Bengal   |
|   202 | Asansol              | Burdwan      | West Bengal   |
|   203 | Malda                | Malda        | West Bengal   |
|   204 | Canning              | 24-Parganas  | West Bengal   |
|   205 | Cooch Behar          | Cooch Behar  | West Bengal   |
|   206 | Jalpaiguri           | Jalpaiguri   | West Bengal   |

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