India, June 6 -- Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday formally declared the establishment of a new Regional Meteorological Centre at Jammu, marking a major step towards strengthening weather forecasting and disaster preparedness across Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh.

The newly established MeT centre at Jammu will integrate weather observations with a state-of-the-art X-band Doppler Weather Radar system and an expanded network of automatic weather stations, significantly enhancing real-time weather monitoring, forecasting accuracy and early warning capabilities across the northwestern Himalayan region, the officials said.

Singh said the centre would provide regional weather forecasting, district-wise forecasts and adva...