Union Territory of Ladakh gets its own meteorological centre
Union Territory of Ladakh gets its own meteorological centre
NEW DELHI: A meteorological centre was inaugurated in the Union Territory of Ladakh on Tuesday which would provide localised weather forecasts thus strengthening weather-related early warning system for the region.
At 3,500 metres, this meteorological centre is the highest such facility in India, Union Earth Sciences Minister Harsh Vardhan said at the inauguration of the facility.
He said it will provide short range (three days,) medium range (12 days) and long range (one month) forecast for the two districts Leh and Kargil of the Union Territory.
Ladakh UT to get its own Meteorological Centre today AIR Pics Union Territory Ladakh is to get its own Meteorological Centre today. Indian met department in Srinagar was dependent of defence establishments in Ladakh for weather readings in the vastly spread region.
AIR correspondent reports, Union Earth Sciences Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, will virtually inaugurate the newly established Indian Meteorological Department for Ladakh, in Leh today.
The IMD will have four Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) operating in Leh, Kargil, Drass and Stakna.
Real time weather information from these stations will be available online for every fifteen minutes and hourly basis through the IMD website.
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