Ecology & Environment

India's Highest Meteorological Centre Inaugurated at Leh

  • The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has set up India's highest (Located at 3,500 metres above sea level) Meteorological Centre (MC) at Leh.
  • After Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh, the Leh centre is the second MC located in the Himalayas.
  • It will provide specialised weather forecasts for traffic movement on highways, agriculture, and defence personnel from its Ladakh centre.
  • Even though there are only two districts, Kargil and Leh, the Union Territory has varying micro-climatic zones ranging from plains, cold desert, hills and extreme dry places. All these micro-climatic regions require specific and localised weather monitoring ....
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