Harsh Vardhan inaugurates India’s highest meteorological centre at Leh
Highlights:
- Union Minister of Earth Sciences, Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the meteorological centre (MC) of the India Meteorological Department at Leh in Ladakh via video conferencing.
- The centre would provide localised weather forecasts in the region, which would result in strengthening the weather-related early warning system for the region.
- The meteorological centre at Leh is the second MC located in the Himalayas.
- The first such facility is based in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.
- The facility is located at a height of 3,500 metres, which makes it the highest meteorological centre in India.
- This new MC will provide short-range (three days,) medium-range (12 days) and long-range (one month) forecast for Leh and Kargil districts of the Union Territory.
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