Weather Office's Move To Predict Impact Of Extreme Weather Events In Delhi-NCR

The Met Department is collecting data related to land use, land cover, housing and economical capacity of people to cope with the situation

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is collecting high-resolution exposure data, including information about roads, topography and social-economic condition of people, for Delhi-NCR to be able to predict the impact of extreme weather events precisely. The high-resolution exposure data includes information related to land use, land cover, housing, economical capacity of people to cope with the situation. So, it will be different for Chanakyapuri and for Najafgarh, senior IMD scientist R K Jenamani told PTI. Exposure data refers to who and what may be affected in an area in which hazardous events may occur. "Once we have details of Delhi's topography, underpasses, roads and others, we will be able to tell whether a particular place at Dhaula Kuan, INA or Safdarjung is likely to face a certain kind of problem. We are collecting this data now so that we can tell which areas are likely to be affected," he said.