Uttar Pradesh State PCS

• 18 Mar 2024

Uttar Pradesh to Install 100 Telemetric Weather Stations to Monitor Drought

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.