Overview
- The Maharashtra State Disaster Management Authority signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology to embed the Bharat Forecast System into the SEOC’s GeoDSS to drive decision-making at local levels.
- BharatFS will deliver hyperlocal forecasts at roughly 6 km by 6 km resolution with updates every three hours and will report rainfall, temperature, wind, pressure and cloud cover for near‑real‑time use.
- SDMA says BharatFS outputs will feed automated, trigger-based warnings via the CAP‑Sachet platform so mobile alerts, sirens and public broadcasts can reach last‑mile communities faster.
- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has warned of about a 12% monsoon rainfall shortfall linked to El Niño and has directed officials to build an AI-based integrated command-and-control system and fix preparedness gaps within 15 days.
- Officials have ordered concrete operational steps including more SDRF teams, activated pumps in Mumbai, reservation of 3,000 hospital beds, structural audits and a special DBT-linked relief package for farmers to reduce climate-related harms.