ANSWER
MINISTER FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND
MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES
(DR. HARSH VARDHAN)
(a) The salient features of the Automated Weather Stations (AWSs) being installed by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in the country are:
1. Acquiring and sampling the weather parameters (Pressure, Temperature, Relative Humidity, Wind Speed/Direction).
2. Agro AWSs acquiring and sampling soil temperature and moisture in addition to the above weather parameters.
3. Processing and disseminating real time Weather data every hourly / every 10 min to the IMD AWS web server for its view/ download and use in Weather Forecasting.
(b) The number of AWSs indicating functional and non-function AWSs across the country as on date, state/UT-wise including Telangana follow;
S NO. STATE TOTAL WORKING Non-Functional
1 ANDAMAN_AND_NICOBAR 2 1 1
2 ANDHRA_PRADESH 23 15 8
3 ARUNACHAL_PRADESH 16 1 15
4 ASSAM 27 15 12
5 BIHAR 29 15 14
6 CHANDIGARH 2 2 0
7 CHHATTISGARH 19 3 16
8 DAMAN_AND_DIU 2 0 2
9 DELHI 11 8 3
10 GOA 3 3 0
11 GUJARAT 36 15 21
12 HARYANA 26 15 11
13 HIMACHAL_PRADESH 23 17 6
14 JAMMU_AND_KASHMIR 23 17 6
15 JHARKHAND 16 6 10
16 KARNATAKA 27 18 9
17 KERALA 30 21 9
18 LADAKH 4 4 0
19 LAKSHADWEEP 1 0 1
20 MADHYA_PRADESH 52 7 45
21 MAHARASHTRA 50 26 24
22 MANIPUR 10 1 9
23 MEGHALAYA 7 5 2
24 MIZORAM 8 1 7
25 NAGALAND 10 1 9
26 ODISHA 37 25 12
27 PUDUCHERRY 2 2 0
28 PUNJAB 25 12 13
29 RAJASTHAN 41 15 26
30 SIKKIM 4 2 2
31 TAMIL_NADU 38 26 12
32 TELANGANA 12 7 5
33 TRIPURA 4 1 3
34 UTTARAKHAND 25 13 12
35 UTTAR_PRADESH 52 15 37
36 WEST_BENGAL 27 15 12
TOTAL 724 350 374
IMD is already replacing some of the old and non-functional AWS.
(c) No Sir. There is no proposal to establish more institutions.
For augmenting the weather forecasting capabilities throughout the country, various programs are being implemented in IMD under the umbrella scheme "Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Services (ACROSS)" of the ministry. The projects under ACROSS encompasses various activities in an integrated manner to ensure the sustenance & augmentation of observations & enhancement of facilities required for the weather forecasting services. The programs are being implemented by various Offices/Divisions across the country and the outcome of majority of the programs is for the benefit of the entire country and all segments of the society.
(d) No Sir.
(e) IMD is responsible for monitoring and maintenance of the AWSs installed by IMD.
(f) Improvement in weather broadcasting / dissemination is a continuous process in IMD. At present the forecasts and warnings are broadcasted or disseminated to users including disaster managers by e-mail on regular basis. In addition to this, WhatsApp groups are created including disaster managers and IMD officials through which these forecasts & warnings are disseminated. The forecasts & warnings are uploaded in social media & IMD website (https://mausam.imd.gov.in/ ) for reference by all concerned. The nowcasts related to Severe Weathers are also disseminated through SMS to the registered users and are uploaded in Nowcast page of the website.
In addition to this, as and when the situation arises, Press Releases are issued by IMD and the same is also disseminated by all the platforms mentioned above.
Moreover, in 2020, India Meteorological Department had developed mobile App ‘MAUSAM’ for weather forecasting, ‘Meghdoot’ for Agromet advisory dissemination and ‘Damini’ for lightning alert.
In addition to above, IMD has recently launched seven its services with UMANG mobile App for the use by general public.
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