IMD to install 200 automatic weather stations across Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Pune

Key Highlights

• Singh stressed that the impact of data-driven forecasting goes beyond disaster risk reduction; it enables decision-making in sectors impacted by weather data, including agriculture, aviation, and urban planning.
• The event also saw the launch of two online portals, KALP and SANKALP, an extension of the Mission Mausaum, a project rolled out last year to assist Indian farmers in crop management.
• According to officials from the Ministry, KALP is a Krishi Advisory platform based on location-specific weather predictions, designed to provide agrometeorological advisories tailored to crop type and growth stage.
• The portal automatically captures a farmer’s location and provides a five-day weather forecast, covering key parameters such as temperature, humidity, rainfall, cloud cover, wind speed, and wind direction.
• Farmers can also manually enter their location at the panchayat level.