India, Dec. 18 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Annexure-1
State Name
Districts
Hazards
HIMACHAL PRADESH
BILASPUR, UNA, SIRMAUR, HAMIRPUR, SOLAN, MANDI, KANGRA, KULLU, CHAMBA, SHIMLA KINNAUR, LAHUL & SPITI
Snowfall events
JAMMU AND KASHMIR (UT)
MUZAFFARABAD, MIRPUR, SAMBA,
UTTARAKHAND
UDHAM SINGH NAGAR, NAINITAL, CHAMPAWAT, BAGESHWAR, UTTARKASHI, PITHORAGARH, HARIDWAR, TEHRI GARHWAL, RUDRAPRAYAG, ALMORA, PAURI GARHWAL, CHAMOLI, DEHRADUN
HIMACHAL PRADESH
BILASPUR, UNA, SIRMAUR, HAMIRPUR, SOLAN, MANDI, KANGRA, KULLU, CHAMBA, SHIMLA, KINNAUR, LAHUL & SPITI
Cold Wave
JAMMU AND KASHMIR (UT)
KUPWARA, BANDIPORE, BARAMULA, GANDERBAL, ANANTNAG, KISHTWAR, SRINAGAR, BADGAM, PULWAMA, PUNCH, SHUPIYAN, KULGAM, RAJOURI, RAMBAN, REASI, DODA, JAMMU, KATHUA, UDHAMPUR, SAMBA, MUZAFFARABAD, MIRPUR
UTTARAKHAND
ALMORA, BAGESHWAR, CHAMOLI, CHAMPAWAT, DEHRADUN, HARIDWAR, NAINITAL, PAURI GARHWAL, PITHORAGARH, RUDRAPRAYAG, TEHRI GARHWAL, UDHAM SINGH NAGAR, UTTARKASHI
HIMACHAL PRADESH
BILASPUR, UNA, SIRMAUR, HAMIRPUR, SOLAN, MANDI, KANGRA, KULLU, CHAMBA, SHIMLA, KINNAUR, LAHUL & SPITI
Thunderst orm
JAMMU AND KASHMIR (UT)
KATHUA, KUPWARA, MUZAFFARABAD, KISHTWAR, BANDIPORE, MIRPUR, DODA, PUNCH, BARAMULA, UDHAMPUR, GANDERBAL, RAJOURI, BADGAM, SHUPIYAN, SRINAGAR, ANANTNAG, PULWAMA, REASI, KULGAM, RAMBAN, SAMBA,
UTTARAKHAND
UDHAM SINGH NAGAR, PITHORAGARH, HARIDWAR, PAURI GARHWAL, CHAMPAWAT, BAGESHWAR, CHAMOLI, NAINITAL, ALMORA, RUDRAPRAYAG, UTTARKASHI, DEHRADUN, TEHRI
HIMACHAL PRADESH
BILASPUR, UNA, SIRMAUR, HAMIRPUR, SOLAN, MANDI, KANGRA, KULLU, CHAMBA, SHIMLA,
Lightning
JAMMU AND KASHMIR (UT)
KUPWARA, RAJOURI, JAMMU, BARAMULA
UTTARAKHA ND
NAINITAL, PAURI, GARHWAL, UTTARKASHI, DEHRADUN, HARIDWAR, CHAMPAWAT, CHAMOLI, UDHAM SINGH NAGAR, ALMORA, RUDRAPRAYAG, BAGESHWAR, PITHORAGARH
HIMACHAL PRADESH
LAHUL & SPITI, BILASPUR, UNA, SIRMAUR, KINNAUR, CHAMBA, SOLAN, HAMIRPUR, MANDI, KULLU,
Flood
JAMMU AND KASHMIR (UT)
KULGAM, BANDIPORE, SHUPIYAN, MUZAFFARABAD, GANDERBAL, KISHTWAR, KUPWARA, MIRPUR, SAMBA, BADGAM, RAMBAN, UDHAMPUR, ANANTNAG, KATHUA, RAJOURI, BARAMULA, PUNCH,
UTTARAKHA ND
BAGESHWAR, HARIDWAR, RUDRAPRAYAG, CHAMPAWAT, UDHAM SINGH NAGAR, ALMORA, DEHRADUN, NAINITAL, UTTARKASHI, PAURI, GARHWAL, TEHRI, GARHWAL, CHAMOLI, PITHORAGARH
KATHUA, JAMMU, REASI, UDHAMPUR, RAJOURI BADGAM, KULGAM, DODA, SHUPIYAN, KISHTWAR, PULWAMA, PUNCH, GANDERBAL, BANDIPORE, RAMBAN, ANANTNAG, SRINAGAR, BARAMULA, KUPWARA
JAMMU
GARHWAL
KINNAUR, LAHUL & SPITI
KANGRA, SHIMLA
PULWAMA, REASI, DODA, SRINAGAR, JAMMU
The list of districts vulnerable to various weather-related hazards:
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has identified areas vulnerable to various weather hazards, including extreme rainfall, snowfall, hailstorms, thunderstorms, etc.
The list of districts vulnerable to heavy rainfall & floods, snowfall, etc., including that from the state of Himachal Pradesh is given in Annexure-1.
The Government has been working to strengthen real-time monitoring systems, early warning systems, and sensor-based technology to detect, monitor, and provide timely early warnings for all types of severe weather events. Major progress and achievements are given in Annexure-2. In recent years, the observational infrastructure and monitoring network over hilly regions has been significantly strengthened. In the western Himalayan States, Doppler Weather Radars (DWRs) have been installed at ten locations-Srinagar, Jammu, Banihal Top, Mukteshwar, Surkanda Devi, Lansdowne, Leh, Kufri, Jot, and Murari Devi. These radars are operational and support real-time monitoring and nowcasting (short-range forecasts of a few hours) of various extreme weather events such as heavy rainfall and snowfall.
DWR observations are available every ten minutes in the form of cloud imagery and wind velocity measurements within the radar's coverage area. These observations support continuous monitoring and enable the issuance of nowcasts of heavy rainfall spells within short time frames (up to one hour).
A new Central Sector Scheme "Mission Mausam" has been also launched by MoES to further strengthen and upgrade the observational network for monitoring and forecasting severe weather events, with the goal of making Bharat a "Weather-ready and Climate- smart" nation with IMD as a major player.
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