Odisha to install four Doppler radars to forecast cyclones, floods, and rainfall

The Odisha government has decided to install four more Doppler radars in the state soon, a minister said.

Doopler radars will help in the forecast of natural calamities like cyclones, floods, and rainfall, the minister said.

The decision to install the radars was taken at a high-level review meeting presided over by Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management minister Suresh Pujari on



Thursday.

Pujari said the new Doppler radars will soon be commissioned at Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur, Puri and Paradip. The state presently has two active Doppler radars at Paradip and Gopalpur.

“The installation of the Doppler Weather Radar at Sambalpur is nearly complete and will be inaugurated shortly,” the minister said, adding that similar facility at Balasore, Bhubaneswar, and Puri are to be commissioned within the current year.