Doppler Radar Network To Be Rolled Out Across India By 2025 For More Accurate Weather Forecasting

The government is planning to deploy doppler radar network across India by 2025 to predict extreme weather events in the country more accurately, Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday (15 December).

Delivering the keynote address on the occasion of 148th foundation day of India Meteorological Department (IMD), Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh said that IMD has taken pro-active steps to increase the radar network from mere 15 in 2013 to 37 in 2023 and will add 25 more in next two-three years.

Singh dedicated four doppler weather radar systems to the western Himalayan states of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.

He also dedicated 200 agro automated weather stations to the nation.

The minister underlined that the accuracy has increased by about 20-40 per cent for different severe weather events forecast during last five years.

He said, taking a cue from Prime Minister’s whole of government approach, the Weather Department is making best use of space-based observation of INSAT-3D and 3DR, OceanSat satellites for prediction of other weather events.

The radars and satellite data processing system launched last year is adding feathers in the cap of IMD to carry out its responsibilities with full accuracy, the minister added.