India is a vast and diverse country with extremely difficult weather patterns in the different areas. The vision of changing the ways of future weather forecasting, disaster preparedness, and building resilience through Mission Mausam 2024 has taken enormous strides for the greater interest of India. Now, let's learn what makes this effort a changer for India.
Mission Mausam indeed presents a vision.
The new Ministry of Earth Sciences' Mission Mausam will once again provide a peg to discuss the challenges unleashed by extreme weather events in the form of cyclones and heat waves, and urban flooding from September 2024 on. Notably, the budgets allocated for the mission are an astonishing ₹2,000 crore. India's meteorological infrastructure can be improved manifold. The aim is even better than this: to improve weather predictions for sustainable, proactive disaster management, which will save lives and livelihoods at large.
Key Objectives of Mission Mausam
Enhanced Observation Network:
This is why the goal plan focused on supplementing India's climatological observation system with doppler radars and wind profilers complemented by radiometers at locations that are crucial for the observation of accurate and time-sensitive information related to weather conditions.
Advanced Weather Forecasting Models:
This will introduce modern machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies that enhance the accuracy of both short and long-term forecasting. Thus, it will yield hyperlocal predictions that are quite critical for urban planning as well as disaster preparedness.
Weather Modification Techniques:
At the outset, India will try weather modification techniques that range from inducing rainfall in drier regions to lightning management to reduce some of the fatalities due to lightning that already kills over 2,000 annually.
Public Awareness and Accessibility:
More precisely, the initiative will also enable increasing citizen awareness due to apps and open-data policies. In that way, accurate and timely weather information will empower citizens and industries to make informed decisions.
Innovative Initiatives Under Mission Mausam:
- Cloud Simulation Chambers: Scientists at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology have simulated clouds and, hence, gained control over the rain more than others.
- Climate-Resilient Agriculture: Correct predictions about monsoon rains will directly benefit farmers in implementing their climate-resilient agriculture activities.
- Energy Renewable Boost: Weather forecasting will be improved with resultant maximum utilization of solar and wind energy to enhance sustainability.
International Relevance and Challenges
Efforts by India are seen to align with international action towards climate change and demonstrate leadership in the face of climate risks. However, there are ethical issues of cloud seeding and interstate conflicts that may befall due to a change in rainfall distribution patterns. Issues apart, mission mausam becomes the first baby step towards climate resilience and sustainable practices.
Why Mission Mausam Matters?
Such initiatives as Mission Mausam hence remain crucial for India in the context of climate change. This requires improving forecasting accuracy and sustainable practices to usher in a future where communities are better prepared against the vagaries of nature. Mission Mausam exemplifies India giving importance to technology for sustainability.