World Summit on Disaster Management in Dehradun; three more weather radars for Uttarakhand
At the World Summit on Disaster Management in Dehradun on 30 November 2025, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said three more weather radars will be commissioned in Uttarakhand at Haridwar, Pantnagar and Auli.
Summary
Addressing the World Summit on Disaster Management in Dehradun, Union Minister of State for Earth Sciences Dr Jitendra Singh said Uttarakhand already has weather radars at Surkanda Devi, Mukteshwar and Lansdowne, and three more will soon come up at Haridwar, Pantnagar and Auli. The state's network will have 6 radars, 33 observatories and 142 automatic weather stations. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami attended; the minister recalled the Silkyara tunnel rescue completed two years earlier.
Key facts
- Event
- World Summit on Disaster Management, Dehradun
- Existing radars
- Surkanda Devi, Mukteshwar, Lansdowne
- New radars
- Haridwar, Pantnagar, Auli
- Network
- 6 radars, 33 observatories, 142 AWS
- Union Minister
- Dr Jitendra Singh (Earth Sciences)
- Chief Minister
- Pushkar Singh Dhami
Practice MCQs 2 questions
As announced in November 2025, new weather radars in Uttarakhand will come up at which places?
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Correct answer: C — Haridwar, Pantnagar and Auli
Radars exist at Surkanda Devi, Mukteshwar and Lansdowne; three more will be commissioned at Haridwar, Pantnagar and Auli.
The 'World Summit on Disaster Management' addressed by Dr Jitendra Singh on 30 November 2025 was held in:
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Correct answer: D — Dehradun
Dr Jitendra Singh addressed the World Summit on Disaster Management at Dehradun, Uttarakhand.