To mark the 17th foundation day celebrations of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), the Union Minister for Earth Sciences Kiren Rijiju on Thursday inaugurated four new meteorological centres for Nagaland (Kohima), Manipur (Imphal), Mizoram (Aizawl), and Andaman and Nicobar (Port Blair).
A meteorological centre is a specialised division for observing and disseminating information, advisories, and warnings about regional weather. The new meteorological centres would make weather-related services better and more useful in these regions.
With these new four additions, the country’s total number of meteorological centres has risen to 26. The MoES officially came into being in 2008 by re-organising the then Ministry of Ocean Development, formerly known as the Department of Ocean Development (set up in 1981).
