MUMBAI: The city could have a new Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) in place this monsoon after all. The Met office has received an indigenous version of the radar from Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bangalore, and is determined to instal the device by May 31.
The first truckload arrived earlier this week and the rest of the consignment will follow from Ghaziabad and Bangalore.
However, officials are keeping their fingers crossed. “The new radar that we have despatched to Mumbai does not quite fit the Navy Nagar building where it is to be installed. The giant white cover or radome is bigger than the structure but we are hoping to find a replacement soon,’’ said Shailesh Nayak, secretary in the ministry of earth sciences in New Delhi. “But we will resolve the issue and the radar will be functional this monsoon,’’ he added.
It may be recalled that the Chinese Doppler that had been procured last May was sent back to New Delhi in December after the Indian Navy objected for security reasons. The Navy did not wish to allow in Chinese manufacturers to set up the equipment at a skyscraper in Colaba where its headquarters are located. They do not grudge an Indian variety.
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