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Country’s first testbed for conducting research on thunderstorms will come up soon in Balasore

in District Diary, State News February 5, 2021 Comments Off on Country’s first testbed for conducting research on thunderstorms will come up soon in Balasore 428 Views

Bhubaneswar:5/2/21:Country’s first testbed for conducting research on thunderstorms will come up soon in Balasore district of Odisha, informed the India Meteorological Department (IMD) today.

The coastal district, which is known for having a missile testing center, is now going to have a testbed that will help check human casualties as well as property damages caused by lightning strikes in the area.

The first-of-its-kind testbed is also being planned near Bhopal, said IMD DG Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra

However, details of the projects are still obscure as these are in the planning stage, he told media.

The thunderstorm testbed will be set up in collaboration with the units of IMD under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) that already exist in Balasore district.

Every year, casualties due to thunderstorms are reported in the regions of Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand between the months of April and June, said Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, who is known as ‘Cyclone Man of India’ for accurately predicting cyclones along the Indian subcontinent.

As per official records, the lightning strikes have claimed as many as 3,218 lives in Odisha in the last nine years till 2019-20.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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