New Delhi, June 5 -- Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh inaugurated the new Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) at Jammu today and announced that a similar centre would soon be established in Lucknow, expanding India's regional weather forecasting network.

According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences, the Jammu facility has become the country's seventh Regional Meteorological Centre and will serve Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh by providing specialised weather services, disaster warnings and climate support tailored to the Himalayan region.

The Minister said the new centre would strengthen weather monitoring, forecasting and early-warning systems in a region characterised by diverse t...