PARLIAMENT QUESTION: COVERAGE OF DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN HIMACHAL PRADESH

• Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) is the backbone of IMD's nowcasting and severe-weather warning system; the Lok Sabha was informed (05 Feb 2026) that 3 DWRs operate in Himachal Pradesh — Kufri, Jot, Murari Devi — within a national fleet of 47 DWRs covering 87% of India's area.
• Examinable as a GS-III (Disaster Management / Science & Tech) topic linked to Mission Mausam, Himalayan cloudbursts, and the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)–SACHET alert pipeline.