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Now there will be regional, district-wise and separate forecasts for tourists, mountain: Dr Jitendra after launching new Regional Meteorological Centre in Jammu

Jammu, Jun 5 (UNI) union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Dr. Jitendra Singh, Friday, said that the Jammu facility becomes the country’s seventh Regional Meteorological Centre and will serve Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, and Himachal Pradesh, providing specialised weather services, disaster warnings, and climate support tailored to the Himalayan region.
Dr Singh inaugurated the new Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) at Jammu and announced that a similar centre would soon be established in Lucknow, expanding India’s regional weather forecasting network.
The Minister said the new centre would strengthen weather monitoring, forecasting, and early-warning systems in a region characterised by diverse terrain ranging from plains to high-altitude mountains. It will provide district-level forecasts, mountain weather forecasts, tourist advisories, city-specific weather services, and warnings for flash floods, cloudbursts, avalanches, heavy snowfall, thunderstorms, and landslides.
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