Question : Cyclone Warning Centres

(a) whether the Government has set up cyclone warning centres in the coastal states of the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Gujarat and West Bengal; and

(c) the number of States likely to be benefitted therefrom?

THE MINISTER FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
AND EARTH SCIENCES
(DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

(a) Yes, Sir. In order to cater to the need of Cyclone Warning Services and Marine weather services, there are 7 Cyclone warning Centers covering the east & west coasts of our country.

(b) Three Area Cyclone Warning Centres (ACWCs) located at Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata and four Cyclone Warning Centres (CWCs) at Thiruvananthapuram, Visakhapatnam, Ahmedabad and Bhubaneswar. The responsibility for operational storm warning work for the respective area rests with the ACWCs and CWCs. Area of responsibility of ACWCs and CWCs is shown in Table 1.

Table 1: Area of responsibility of ACWC/CWC

Centre Sea area Coastal area* Maritime State
ACWC Kolkata Bay of Bengal West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ACWC Chennai Bay of Bengal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal Kerala, Mahe & Karnataka & Lakshadweep Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal Kerala, Mahe & Karnataka & Lakshadweep
ACWC Mumbai Arabian Sea Maharashtra, Goa Maharashtra, Goa

CWC Thiruvananthapuram Arabian Sea Kerala, Mahe & Karnataka & Lakshadweep Kerala, Mahe & Karnataka & Lakshadweep
CWC Ahmedabad Arabian Sea Gujarat, Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli Gujarat, Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
CWC Visakhapatnam Bay of Bengal Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh
CWC Bhubaneshwar Bay of Bengal Odisha Odisha
*Coastal strip of responsibility extends upto 75 km from the coast line.

(c) All the 13 coastal States and Union Territories are benefitted from the services provided by these warning centers.