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Maha CM Fadnavis inaugurates state's first AWS in Nagpur

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis today inaugurated the state's first automatic weather station at Dongargaon here.

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Maharashtra chief minister

Devendra Fadnavis today inaugurated the state's first

automatic weather station at Dongargaon here.

"Around 2,065 such weather stations will come across

Maharashtra on public private partnership (PPP) model in this

year and 1,000 of these will be set up by June 2017," said

Fadnavis while addressing a farmers' gathering after the

inauguration.

Agriculture minister Pandurang Fundkar, guardian

minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, top bureaucrats and

officials of weather forecast firm Skymet Weather Private Ltd,

which will be setting up such stations, were present on the

occasion.

"This is one of the unique project in the country,

which will measure wind direction, wind speed, air

temperature, relative humidity and record amount of rainfall.

"This information will be shared with farmers who can

then manage sowing in a much better and planned way as per the

weather conditions," said Fadnavis.

The weather conditions for farmers in different

regions will be available on Mahavedh portal (Maharashtra

agriculture weather information network) and mobile

application of Skymet.

"The IMD forecast is limited to four zones. However,

this new system of automatic weather station (AWS) will

provide forecast upto taluka level," said the chief minister.

"Around 12 12 kms area of the taluka will have one

AWS," he said.

Fadnavis said digital kiosks will be set-up in every

Gram Panchayat to provide weather information and expert

advice on crop pattern to be followed by the farmers.

In the first phase, information will be shared using

SMS and in the second phase all the Gram Panchayats will get

half hourly weather condition information.

The chief minister also highlighted the importance of

power and water and how Jalyukta Shivar (water conservation

programme of the Maharashtra government) is helping villages

increase their irrigation potential.

Fadnavis said due to increased irrigation, for the

first time the agriculture growth rate has turned positive in

last 7 to 8 years.

 

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

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