How IMD's response to extreme weather events improved in last few years

India's observatory data collection has gone up several notches in the last few years, which helps in making accurate prediction, something that wasn't the case a few years ago

Not long ago, in 2015, the Bombay High Court sought a reply from the India Meteorological Department on whether a separate Met subdivision could be created for Mumbai and the weather forecast be provided every four hours as against every 24 hours.

A Division Bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Anil Menon was hearing a PIL (public interest litigation) petition by advocate Atal Dubey after Mumbai came to a standstill following floods so heavy that the loss of life and property could not be assessed with accuracy. The court said, “(The) IMD states that the same system used