Entire country will be covered by Doppler Weather Radar Network by 2025: Dr Jitendra Singh

New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Earth Sciences, Dr Jitendra Singh has said the entire country will be covered by Doppler Weather Radar Network by 2025 to predict extreme weather events more accurately. 

Delivering the keynote address on the occasion of 148th Foundation Day of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in New Delhi,  Dr Singh  said under Prime Minister Narendra Modi Government, IMD has taken pro-active steps to increase the Radar Network from 15 to 37



in last ten years.  

He informed that 25 more radars will be added in next two to three years.  Dr Singh also dedicated four Doppler Weather Radar Systems to Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. He also dedicated 200 Agro Automated Weather Stations to the Nation. Dr Jitendra Singh informed that Under Agro-Meteorological Services, it is targeted to establish 660 District Agro Meteorological Units (DAMUs) by 2025.