(a) whether the Government is contemplating to set up Doppler Radar Centre;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the funds allocated by the Government for the setting up of Doppler Radar Centre; and
(d) the names of the States in which the said Radar Centres are likely to be set up?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF
PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES(SHRI ASHWANI KUMAR)
(a) Yes Madam.
(b) India Meteorological Department (IMD) is currently expanding the Doppler Weather
Radars(DWR) network during the current 5-year plan by commissioning 16 DWRs to its 5 located
along the east coast of India for cyclone monitoring at Chennai, Tamilnadu; Sriharikota,
Andhra Pradesh, Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh; Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh and Kolkata,
West Bengal.
(c) An allocation of Rs. 312crores is made for the procurement of DWR systems during the
current 5-year plan.
(d) 3-DWRs have been commissioned at Delhi Air Port, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) and Nagpur (Maharashtra). Other 13-DWRs are to be located at Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Patna (Bihar),
Patiala (Punjab), Mohanbari (Assam), Agartala (Tripura), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh),
Mumbai (Maharashtra), Bhuj (Gujarat), Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh), Indore (Madhya Pradesh),
Raipur (Chattisgarh), Delhi-Lodi Road and Jaipur (Rajasthan).