Flood Met Office begins functioning at Met Centre, Thiruvananthapuram
The Hindu
So far, the Flood Met operations for Kerala had been handled by the FMO, Bangalore.
A Flood Meteorological Office (FMO), which will provide valuable meteorological support to the Central Water Commission (CWC) for issuing flood warnings, started functioning at the IMD Meteorological Centre in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. The FMO in Thiruvananthapuram was scheduled to go operational on June 1, the date marking the beginning of the southwest monsoon season in Kerala, but its activities were kickstarted early due to the cyclone alert in the Arabian Sea and the . So far, the Flood Met operations for Kerala had been handled by the FMO, Bangalore. The formation of an FMO in Kerala is relevant against the backdrop of the devastating back-to-back floods of 2018 and 2019.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
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