India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

State/Union Territory

DWR Locations

1.

West Bengal

Kolkata (S-Band)

2.

Odisha

Gopalpur (S-Band)

3.

Odisha

Paradip (S-Band)

4.

Andhra Pradesh

Machilipatnam (S-Band)

5.

Andhra Pradesh

Visakhapatnam (S-Band)

6.

Andhra Pradesh

Sriharikota, ISRO (S-Band)

7.

Tamil Nadu

Chennai (S-Band)

8.

Tamil Nadu

Karaikal (S-Band)

9.

Tamil Nadu

NIOT Chennai (X-Band)

The Government has been taking steps to strengthen weather forecasting techniques and early warning systems in the country. New techniques and technologies have been introduced from time to time to enhance cyclone forecasting and improve data dissemination. Mission Mausam has been launched by the Ministry with the objective of making Bharat a "weather-ready and climate-smart" nation, including the State of Odisha.

At present, in Odisha, a total of 39 manned surface meteorological observatories, 29 Automated Weather Stations (AWS), 136 Automated Rain Gauges (ARG), and 6 High Wind Speed Recorders (HWSRs) are functional. In addition, six airports are equipped with automatic aviation weather stations and two manned observatories. Further, two Doppler Weather Radars (DWRs) located at Paradip and Gopalpur are operational on a round-the-clock basis. In addition, the State is also covered by DWRs installed in neighbouring locations, including Kolkata, Ranchi, Raipur, and Visakhapatnam. Further details of DWRs along the eastern coast are given in Annexure-1.

The Ministry is in continuous endeavour of augmenting the observational network, including AWS, ARGs, Agro-AWS, DWRs, coastal monitoring stations, and research and development infrastructure, including Odisha, towards achieving better accuracy in weather and ocean-state forecasting, as well as to strengthen timely early warning systems.           

Improvement in forecast accuracy is a continuous process. In this regard, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), under the Ministry, undertakes ongoing efforts across various aspects of early warning services, including identification of gaps and measures to address them. IMD's cyclone forecasting and warning system is distinguished by its high accuracy in track and intensity prediction, achieved through state-of-the-art numerical weather prediction models, multi-model ensembles, advanced data assimilation techniques, and continuous monitoring using satellites, DWRs, ocean buoys, and coastal observational networks. The forecast accuracy of cyclone track, intensity, and landfall point increased in 2023 to 2025 by 15-45%, 15-35%, and 10-30%, respectively, compared to 2020-2022, up to a lead period of 4 days. The Ministry's cyclone warning services are widely recognised at both national and international levels.

The Ministry has developed an end-to-end GIS-based Decision Support System (DSS) that serves as the front-end platform for early warning systems for severe weather events, including cyclones. It facilitates the detection and monitoring of weather hazards across the country, including the Odisha coastline. The system is integrated with modern telecommunications technologies to ensure the timely dissemination of information. The effective dissemination methods adopted by the Ministry for weather, ocean services, and earth sciences information and alerts across the country, including vulnerable coastal communities, are as follows:

Annexure-1

List of DWRs (location-wise) operational across the east coast of India is as follows:

          

This information was submitted by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Earth Sciences and Science & Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh in Lok Sabha on 1st April 2026.

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