A doppler radar which would help to save from natural calamities with the information about clouds would be installed in air force station of Gwalior.
In this connection Thatipur based whether department has prepared an infrastructure to get information about the clouds. The doppler radar was to be installed at the Gwalior port to cover the entire Gwalior-Chambal region but due to the objection of archeological department it would now be installed at air force station Gwalior.
The weather department was prepared to pay Rs 3.5 crore to the archeological department for installing it on Gwalior fort, because it could cover all Gwalior-Chambal region but due to the objection by the archeological department would installed it at the air force station. The doppler radar gives information about the clouds and weather through colour coding. The white or yellow colour indicates normal rain fall. The orange or red colour indicates heavy rainfall and the deep red colour indicates lighting.
Senior whether scientist Uma Shankar Choukse said that preparations had been completed to install doppler radar. Infrastructure had also been prepared but following the objection by archeological department decided that it should be install at air force station though it would not able to work with full capacity as such.
Notably, similar radar has been installed in the Bhopal based weather department. However, as claimed by the department that accurate weather information could be received through this radar, nothing of that sort happened. In the current Monsoon, the forecast of the weather department has never been accurate.