CM urges Vardhan to expedite installation of Doppler radars

Odisha government today sought the intervention of Union Minister Harsh Vardhan for immediate installation of two more doppler radars to avail real time forecast of weather in the state.
"I would once again request you to kindly intervene in the matter and issue appropriate instructions for procurement and installation of the radars at Balasore and Sambalpur at the earliest," Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote to the Union Earth Sciences, Science and Technology minister.
Though it was decided to install four doppler weather radars in the disaster prone state of Odisha for tracking and monitoring of real time weather forecasting, only two such facilities had been made available at Paradip and Gopalpur, Patnaik pointed out.

He stated that the decision for such installation was taken by the Government of India way back in 2006. While two such radars have been made operational, two other could not be installed so far, Patnaik said in the letter.
Patnaik said he in 2015 had sought the Union Minister's personal intervention for taking expeditious steps for procurement and installation of radars at Balasore and Sambalpur.
"But, the radars at these locations are yet to be installed," Patnaik said.
Doppler radar stations at Balasore and Sambalpur would help tracking local storms/thunderstorms in the northern and western parts of the state and provide real time forecast to save many lives, Patnaik said.