M'luru's Doppler Weather Radar to function by Jan-end

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Karnataka's first C Band Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) in Mangaluru, work for which was supposed to have been finished by January 15, will be postponed slightly due to some technical difficulties, said N Puviarasan, head of India Meteorological Department (IMD)'s Bengaluru centre. “We are hoping to get it running by this month's end at least,” said Puviarasan to PTI on the sidelines of a stakeholders' workshop organised by the IMD Bengaluru on January 4 to commemorate 150 years of IMD.

The workshop was held at the premises of Karnataka State Natural Disaster Management Centre (KSNDMC) and had day-long sessions, including technical ones by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Bengaluru and Department of Agro Meteorology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru. Puviarasan also said the IMD ran into obstacles in its bid to establish a S-band DWR in Bengaluru, due to problems in acquiring the land required. “We need 30X30 space to put up a tower and a small utility room,” said Puviarasan.