In order to monitor natural calamities such as floods, cyclones and earthquakes, and develop situation-based functional strategies based on risk assessment, the Tamil Nadu government on Monday, February 19, 2024 said that it would establish a Technical Cell.
Furthermore, orders have been issued to set up two C-Band Doppler Radars in Ramanathapuram and Yercaud at a cost of ₹56 crore to enhance the weather forecasting system, Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu said in the Assembly, while presenting the State Budget for 2024-25.
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The State government has accorded sanction for the procurement of 1,400 new automatic rain gauges and 100 new automatic weather stations to analyse real-time rainfall and Meteorological data at a cost of ₹32 crore.
The Minister also said that additionally, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with the Space Application Centre (SAC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to acquire weather forecasts and avail of their high-speed super computing services.
