Automatic Rain Gauge @ 1300 spots
September 13 , 2019
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- The government has engaged a consultant to set up telemetric automatic rain gauges, automatic weather stations, automatic water level recorders.
- They will be set up in about 1,300 locations in revenue sub-divisions and blocks in Tamil Nadu.
- The idea is to develop a comprehensive real-time hydro/meteorological data collection system in phases to acquire reliable data.
- Data will be used to manage heavy rainfall system or drought.
- At present, about 470 rain gauges are available at the district headquarters by revenue department, agriculture, PWD and meteorology department.
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