Uttar Pradesh to Install 100 Telemetric Weather Stations to Monitor Drought

• 18 Mar 2024

Why in News?

Uttar Pradesh government announced plans to establish Telemetric Weather Stations (TWS) to monitor drought situation in the 100 most drought-prone tehsils in the State, including all tehsils in the seven districts of Bundelkhand region.

Key Points

• The initiative aims to combat the persistent drought conditions in Uttar Pradesh, after knowing the temperature, solar radiation, wind speed etc of the various locations in the state through TWS.
  • It will be strategically placed at a distance of 7-10 kilometres from existing Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) and Automatic Rain-Gauge Stations (ARG), in spaces measuring 10 x 10 metres.
• Hamirpur, Banda, Lalitpur, Jalaun, Jhansi, Mahoba and Chitrakoot districts comprise the Bundelkhand region which faces challenges of drought every year.

• Automatic Weather Station (AWS): The automated type of conventional weather station and it is used to monitor weather in remote areas or when manpower is insufficient.
• Automatic Rain-Gauge Stations (ARG): Defined as a “meteorological station at which observations are made and transmitted automatically.