Dr. Jitendra Singh Inaugurates India’s 51st Doppler Weather Radar at Sambalpur Odisha,
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Earth Sciences, Dr. Jitendra Singh, today virtually inaugurated the India’s 51st state-of-the-art Doppler Weather Radar at Sambalpur, Odisha, in the presence of Chief Minister of Odisha, Mohan Charan Majhi. The inauguration marks a significant addition to India’s weather observation infrastructure and is aimed at strengthening forecasting and early warning capabilities across Western Odisha and adjoining regions.
With the commissioning of the Sambalpur radar, Odisha now has three Doppler Weather Radars, following the installations at Gopalpur and Paradip, while the national network has reached 51 Doppler Weather Radars. The new facility will strengthen weather observations over Western Odisha and provide improved meteorological inputs for adjoining areas of Southern Jharkhand, Northern Chhattisgarh and parts of North Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal.
Addressing the programme, Dr. Jitendra Singh highlighted the rapid expansion of India’s weather observation infrastructure over the last decade. He said that the country had only 14 Doppler Weather Radars in 2014, whereas the network has now expanded to 51. He added that around 40 more radars are planned under Mission Mausam, which will take the total number of Doppler Weather Radars in the country to about 81. (updated on 17th september 2026)
