Overview
- Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu asked the Union government for one Doppler weather radar and 150 automated weather stations to be deployed before the next monsoon.
- After meeting MoS Jitendra Singh in New Delhi, the state also sought data integration with national early warning agencies to improve the accuracy and timeliness of alerts.
- Sukhu requested a seismic laboratory and data analysis centre for the high‑risk Kangra–Hamirpur zone, plus two high‑altitude air monitors, a Hamirpur weather data centre and compact radars for shadow areas.
- He thanked the Centre for approving a Doppler radar for Lahaul‑Spiti, while Union ministers signaled supportive consideration for further meteorological and disaster‑mitigation infrastructure.
- In a separate meeting, Sukhu urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to raise the state’s additional borrowing limit by two percentage points, citing roughly ₹18,000 crore in disaster losses and 1,321 deaths over three years.