The Central government has decided to establish a Meteorological Centre in Ladakh to meet the meteorological services of the newly-carved Union Territory.
The decision came in pursuance to the approval accorded bythe Ministry of Earth Sciences on March 9.
The Meteorological Centre will cater to all the operationalmeteorological services of Ladakh and issue weather forecast and adverseweather warnings as per the mandate of India Meteorological Department.
Besides that, it will also keep close liaison withSrinagar’s Meteorological Centre, Delhi’s Regional Meteorological Centre andthe state authorities.”It has been decided by the Government ofIndia to establish a Meteorological Centre at Leh, the capital of UnionTerritory of Ladakh, to meet the meteorological services of Ladakh,” readthe office order issued by Y.K. Reddy, Deputy Director General of DirectorGeneral of Meteorology. All matters relating to establishment, general administration,financial and technical matters for the Meteorological Centre will be dealtwith by Delhi’s Regional Meteorological Centre.