• Shri. Sarvey Satyanarayana, Hon’ble Member of Parliament
• My Cabinet Colleague Shri. Dharmana Prasada Rao,
• Smt B. Karthika Reddy, Mayor
• Shri. M. Shashidhar Reddy, Hon’ble MLA and Member, NDMA
• Dr. P. Shanker Rao, Hon’ble MLA
• Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences
• Dr. Ajit Tyagi, Director General of Meteorology
• Dr. Y.E.A Raj, Deputy Director General of Meteorology
• Dr. M. Satya Kumar, Director In-charge

First of all I wish to convey my gratitude to IMD for establishing this facility in Hyderabad with a project cost of about Rs 12 crores. I understand that IMD is currently operating with a network of 40 radars across the country and most of them are based on the old technology. Due to this, IMD has taken up, the modernization of the network in a phased manner replacing with Doppler Weather Radar and new installations, totaling about 55 DWRs in the country.

Andhra Pradesh is the state, that frequently prone to cyclones. This kind of modern informative station is more useful to our state to take advance precautionary steps to face the challenge of cyclones. I am happy to note that cyclone detection radars located at Machilpatnam and Visakhapatnam have already been replaced with state of art Doppler Weather Radars and they are operational. One Doppler Weather Radar indigenously developed by ISRO is also functional at Sriharikota.

1. It can scan the atmosphere round the clock and presents information about present of clouds, their location, intensity etc with the range of 400 kms radius around Hyderabad
2. It presents information about velocity of movement of clouds, likely rainfall within an effective range of 150 kms around Hyderabad
3. It is useful to study of flash floods, river flows, urban flash floods, in and around Hyderabad city and occurrence of thunder storms within next 1-3 hours in small scale areas
4. It generates weather products useful for aviation industry i.e., for operation of airfields, aerodrome warnings and for issuing route (weather) forecast for flights operating from Hyderabad International Airport, Indian Air Force airbases at Dundigal, Hakimpet and Bidar.
5. Radar data can be used for modification of weather like cloud seeding operations to enhance rainfall in rain shadow districts.
6. Radar data can also be used by the Universities for their research work in the field of weather.

I appeal to IMD to ensure that the weather forecast with the possible accuracy is reached as early as possible to coastal districts to save property and human loss. This can also help the farmers to save their crop or farm produce to transfer into the secured place. It will help fishermen to save their properties and lives.