India’s highest meteorological centre

The Union Minister of Earth Sciences, Dr.Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the meteorological centre (MC) of the India Meteorological Department at Leh in Ladakh via video conferencing.
The centre would provide localised weather forecasts in the region, which would result in strengthening weather-related early warning system for the region.
The meteorological centre at Leh is the second MC located in the Himalayas. The first such facilty is based in Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh.
The facility is located at a height of 3,500 metres, which makes it the highest meteorological centre in India.
This new MC will provide short range (three days,) medium range (12 days) and long range (one month) forecast for Leh and Kargil districts of the Union Territory.