KARGIL, JANUARY 14, 2022: Indian Meteorological Department, Ministry of Earth Science provided a Doppler Weather Radar facility at Leh, informed the LG Ladakh R K Mathur in a tweet while expressing gratitude to the Department.
“My sincere gratitude to MoS Ministry of Earth Science DrJitendra Singh and Indian Meteorological Department for providing Doppler Weather Radar facility at Leh. This radar will prove invaluable in providing latest weather forecasts and warnings against severe weather p...
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Harsh Vardhan Inaugurates Meteorological Centre at Leh
Leh/ Dec. 29: The Union Minister of Earth Sciences, Science & Technology and Health & Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated Meteorological (Met) Centre at Leh (Ladakh) via video conferencing at an event today in Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi.
Guest of Honour, Shri Radha Krishna Mathur, Lieutenant Governor, Ladakh and Shri Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, MP Ladakh also joined the event virtually. Dr. M Rajeevan, Secretary, MoES; Dr.Vipin Chandra, JS MoES; Dr. M. Mohapatra, DG IMD; S...
Ladakh to Get Meteorological Centre
Leh/ Dec. 29/ News Desk/ Ladakh, “the crown of India” is unique in terms of weather, climate, culture, topography with hot sunny days and cold chilly nights, extreme temperature ranging from -40 deg. Cls (in Drass in Jan.) to +37deg. Cls in Leh (in July-Aug). In addition, the scanty average precipitation of 10CM (in LEH) annually makes the region a distinct Cold Desert. It has also got a very fragile environment which is susceptible to various kinds of vagaries of weather especially due to c...