Lok Sabha Question No. 3409 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-09
Subject: Installation of Doppler Radars
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: Sumedhanand Saraswati, Manoj Rajoria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3409

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 9 TH  AUGUST, 2023

## INSTALLATION OF DOPPLER RADARS

## †3409. SHRl SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

DR. MANOJ RAJORIA :

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the  Government has established doppler radars  to  provide correct  weather information to the common farmers in the country and to reduce or eliminate the loss of crops due to unseasonal weather conditions;
- (b) if so, the number and details of such radars installed in the country so far, particularly in Rajasthan;
- (c) whether the Government has been considering to install radars in several parts of the country during the last four-five years; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a) Yes  Sir.  India  Meteorological  Department  (IMD)  has  established  Doppler  radars across  the  country  to  monitor  severe  weather  development  and  to  support  forecast and warning services related to that for all the sectors including Agriculture.
- (b) At present IMD is operating 37 numbers of Doppler Weather Radars (DWRs) across the country, including the State of Rajasthan. The State wise details of radar network are given in Annexure-I.
- (c) Yes Sir.
- (d) About 15 radars have been installed over several parts of the country during the last four-five years and the details are already included in the Annexure-I.

## Annexure-I

|   S. No. | State / U.T.     | Existing DWRs (37 numbers)                                                                    |
|----------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Rajasthan        | 1 C-Band DWRin Jaipur                                                                         |
|        2 | Madhya Pradesh   | 1 S-Band DWR in Bhopal                                                                        |
|        3 | Maharashtra      | 2 S-Band DWRs in Mumbai and Nagpur 1 C-Band DWRinstalled in Veravalli, Mumbai                 |
|        4 | Uttar Pradesh    | 1 S-Band DWRin Lucknow                                                                        |
|        5 | Gujarat          | 1 S-Band DWRinstalled in Bhuj                                                                 |
|        6 | Andhra Pradesh   | 3 S-Band DWRs in Machilipatnam, Visakhapatnam, and Sriharikota                                |
|        7 | Odisha           | 2 S-Band DWRs in Paradip and Gopalpur                                                         |
|        8 | Tamil Nadu       | 2 S-Band DWRs in Chennai and Karaikal and 1 X-Band DWRin NIOT Chennai                         |
|        9 | Telangana        | 1 S-BandDWR in Hyderabad                                                                      |
|       10 | Bihar            | 1 S-Band DWRin Patna                                                                          |
|       11 | West Bengal      | 1 S-BandDWR in Kolkata                                                                        |
|       12 | Assam            | 1 S-BandDWR in Mohanbari                                                                      |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh | 3 X-Band DWRs in Kufri, Murari Devi and Jot                                                   |
|       14 | Uttarakhand      | 2 X-Band DWRs at Surkanda Devi and Mukteshwar and 1 X-Band at Lansdowne ( under installation) |
|       15 | Punjab           | 1 S-BandDWR in Patiala                                                                        |
|       16 | Kerala           | 1 S-BandDWR at Kochi and 1 C-Band DWRat Thiruvananthapuram (operated by ISRO)                 |
|       17 | Meghalaya        | 1 S-BandDWR in Cherrapunji                                                                    |
|       18 | Tripura          | 1 S-Band DWRinAgartala                                                                        |
|       19 | Goa              | 1 S-BandDWR in Goa                                                                            |
|       20 | Ladakh           | 1 X-BandDWR in Leh                                                                            |
|       21 | Jammu &Kashmir   | 2 X-Band DWRs in Jammu and Banihal Top                                                        |
|       22 | NCT of Delhi     | 1 S-BandDWR in Palam, 1 C-Band DWRin Lodi road and 1 X-Band DWRinAyanagar                     |

Observation ranges considered for Doppler products:  X-Band: 100 kms,   C-Band: 250 kms   & S-Band: 250 kms.

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