Lok Sabha Question No. 2702 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-07
Subject: New Doppler Weather Radar Network
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: Shri Ajay Kumar Mandal

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2702 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 7 TH AUGUST, 2024

## NEW DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR NETWORK

## 2702.   SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the new Doppler Weather Radar Network offers more advantages as compared to the previous weather prediction system, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  number  of  new  Doppler  Weather  Radars  (DWRs)  deployed  across  the  country,  Statewise;
- (c) the  number  of  States  that  are  depending  on  DWRs  deployed  in  neighbouring  States  for prediction of weather conditions;
- (d) whether the  Government has initiated  measures  to  deploy  DWRs  in  each  and  every  State including Bihar as per the recommended distance factor for accurate prediction; and
- (e) 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. The Doppler Weather Radars (DWRs) installed at various places across the country are used for continuous weather monitoring and weather forecasting for the regions covered by the respective DWRs. Suitable warnings and alerts are issued with the help of these DWRs in view of the challenges posed by various weather phenomena.
- (b) Currently,  39  DWRs  are  installed  at  various  locations  across  the  country.  Details  of  the DWRs network are given in Annexure-1.
- (c) Eight  States  depend  on  DWRs  deployed  in  neighbouring  States,  namely  Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Sikkim.
- (d) Yes. India Meteorological Department is in the process of procuring and installing DWRs in a phased manner to strengthen the weather research and forecasting infrastructure across the country, including the State of Bihar.
- (e) The  locations  of  these  DWRs  have  been  distributed  in  the  best  possible  way  to  monitor weather conditions across multiple States in the Indian region.

## Annexure-1

## Doppler Weather Radars (DWRs) network in the Indian region:

|   S. No. | State / Union Territory   | DWRLocations                                                             |
|----------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh (3)        | Machilipatnam (S-Band) Sriharikota, ISRO (S-Band) Visakhapatnam (S-Band) |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh         | -                                                                        |
|        3 | Assam (1)                 | Mohanbari (S-Band)                                                       |
|        4 | Bihar (1)                 | Patna (S-Band)                                                           |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh              | -                                                                        |
|        6 | Goa (1)                   | Goa (S-Band)                                                             |
|        7 | Gujarat (1)               | Bhuj (S-Band)                                                            |
|        8 | Haryana                   | -                                                                        |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh (3)      | Jot (X-Band) Murari Devi (X-Band) Kufri (X-Band)                         |
|       10 | Jharkhand                 | -                                                                        |
|       11 | Karnataka                 | -                                                                        |
|       12 | Kerala (2)                | Kochi (S-Band) VSSC, ISRO Thiruvananthpuram (C-Band)                     |
|       13 | Madhya Pradesh (1)        | Bhopal (S-Band)                                                          |
|       14 | Maharashtra (4)           | Mumbai (S-Band) Nagpur (S-Band) IITM Solapur (C-Band) Veravali (C-Band)  |
|       15 | Manipur                   | -                                                                        |
|       16 | Meghalaya (1)             | Cherrapunji, ISRO (S-Band)                                               |
|       17 | Mizoram                   | -                                                                        |
|       18 | Nagaland                  | -                                                                        |
|       19 | Odisha (2)                | Gopalpur (S-Band) Paradip (S-Band)                                       |
|       20 | Punjab (1)                | Patiala (S-Band)                                                         |
|       21 | Rajasthan (1)             | Jaipur (C-Band)                                                          |
|       22 | Sikkim                    | -                                                                        |
|       23 | Tamil Nadu (3)            | Chennai (S-Band) Karaikal (S-Band) NIOT Chennai (X-Band)                 |

|   24. | Telangana (1)                      | Hyderabad (S-Band)                                            |
|-------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|    25 | Tripura (1)                        | Agartala (S-Band)                                             |
|    26 | Uttarakhand (3)                    | Lansdowne (X-Band) Mukteshwar (X-Band) Surkanda Devi (X-Band) |
|    27 | Uttar Pradesh (1)                  | Lucknow (S-Band)                                              |
|    28 | West Bengal (1)                    | Kolkata (S-Band)                                              |
|    29 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | -                                                             |
|    30 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | -                                                             |
|    31 | Jammu &Kashmir (3)                 | Banihal Top (X-Band) Jammu (X-Band) Srinagar (X-Band)         |
|    32 | Lakshadweep                        | -                                                             |
|    33 | Chandigarh                         | -                                                             |
|    34 | Delhi (3)                          | Ayanagar (X-Band) Palam (S-Band) HQ Mausam Bhawan (C-Band)    |
|    35 | Ladakh (1)                         | Leh (X-Band)                                                  |
|    36 | Puducherry                         | -                                                             |

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