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Precise block-wise weather bulletins by 2019 from IMD

HYDERABAD: Weather forecasting is likely to become more focused from 2019 with the Indian Meteorological Department setting up 660 district centres in order to provide 6000 block-wise bulletins across the country for the benefit of farmers. Similarly, the IMD is also working on complex mathematical models to come up with weather bulletins for urban flooding which has become a common phenomenon. A prototype model is under preparation in Mumbai, said Union Ministry of Earth Sciences Secretary Madhavan Nair Rajeevan at the National Geophysical Research Institute. Vision 2050 report The Ministry which had prepared a Vision 2050 report was also in the process of setting up observation posts all across the east and west coasts to study marine pollution.

The Hindu

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