Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 3: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh will formally declare the establishment of a new Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) at Jammu on June 5, marking a major step towards strengthening weather forecasting and disaster preparedness across Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh.
This was informed during a curtain raiser programme organized today at CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIM), Jammu, ahead of the formal declaration ceremony.
The new RMC Centre will integrate weather observations with state-of-the-art X-band Doppler Weather Radar systems and an expanded network of Automatic Weather Stations (AWSS), significantly enhancing real-time weather monitoring, forecasting accuracy and early warning capabilities across the region.
The Centre is envisioned as a hub for advanced meteorological services, strengthening the observation and forecasting framework for extreme weather events such as heavy rainfall, snowfall, flash floods, cloudbursts, thunderstorms, avalanches, heatwaves, coldwaves and other weather- related hazards.
The Centre will play a vital role in supporting disaster risk reduction, agriculture, aviation, hydropower, tourism, water resource management, transportation and other weather-sensitive sectors.
The new RMC will cater to the meteorological requirements of the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, as well as Himachal Pradesh. The Centre is expected to enhance weather forecasting, climate monitoring and early warning dissemination services across this strategically important and meteorologically diverse region.
The main function will be held on June 5, 2026, at the Convention Centre, Jammu, where Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministries of Earth Sciences and Science and Technology, and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space, will formally declare the Centre.
Director General of Meteorology, India Meteorological Department (IMD), M. Mohapatra, other senior IMD officials and dignitaries from various Central Government offices will also be present on the occasion.
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