IMD is scouting land for wind profiler radars in Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram

The <b>India Meteorological Department</b> is actively scouting for suitable land in Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram to set up advanced wind profiler radars under the nationwide <b>Mission Mausam</b> initiative. Proposed by the Union government through the Ministry of Earth Sciences, this project aims to upgrade India's weather forecasting infrastructure.<br><br>While state-of-the-art radar installations sound promising on paper, India's meteorological upgrades often face classic administrative hurdles like land acquisition delays, bureaucratic red tape, and sluggish execution timelines on the ground.<br><br>Once completed, these high-tech systems are expected to significantly boost regional weather accuracy and disaster preparedness for vulnerable coastal areas.