The India Meteorological Department (IMD) will Install New Radars in Various Areas of the Nation with the AIM of Improving The Forecasts, as per a statement from the ministry of Earth Sciences.
Hon’ble mos (i/c), #Moes, @DrjitendraSingh Answered a question through a written reply in Lok Sabha on ‘Installation of New Radar System’.
The @Indiametdept Has Planned New Radars Accrows The Country. Tentative sites have been selected where the radars are planned to be installed… pic.twitter.com/ifyndi1tp
– MoES Goi (@Moxgoi) April 3, 2025
The tentative sites, as per the release from the ministry, where the radars are planned to be installed are:
- 12 no. of C-Band Doppler Weather Radars (DWRS) at Raipur, Mangalore, Ranchi, Lakshadweep, Malda, Aurangabad, Balasore, Sambalpur, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Rupsi, and Port Blair.
- 12 no. of X-Band Dwrs at Pune, Kolkata, Purnea, Varanasi, Wayanad, Bhubaneswar, Dharwad, Lahaul & Spiti, Aligarh (GOP), Azamgarh (GOP), Jhansi (GOP), Jhansi (GOP).
- 10 no. of X-Band Dwrs for North East Tentatively at Jorhat, Tezpur, AIZAWL, NAMSAI, Silchar, Imphal, Dimapur, Mandala Top, Tentral Arunachal Pradesh, & Guwahati.
- 53 radars (8 s-band, 20 c-band, and 25 x-band) are also planned to be installed across the country under the mission Mausam.
“The locations of the dwrs have been Arrived Upon Considering the Gap Areas in the Coverage of the existing dwr network,” The release said.
Additionally, Apart from the proplined improvement in the radar coverage, other observation systems like wind profilers, radio sonde or radio wind, microwave radiometers, and more Planned Under the Mession Mausam.
The implementation of the mausam mission is likely to help in the following ways:
- In capturing and monitoring all the weather events Happy in the country, so that no weather system will go undetected.
- Improve the frequency of nowcasting extrame weather such as thundersstorms, lightning, strong winds, and more, from three hours to one hour.
- Improve the short and medium range weather forecast accuracy by about 5 to 10 percent.
- Improve Air Quality Forecasts by about 5 to 10% in the Major Metro Cities.
Furthermore, the release stated that the entrance of India will be under radar covering with the next two to three years.