11Dec2014

11/12/2014 08:54:39 in AM-KSNDMC AM-KSNDMC KSNDMC District wise Daily Rainfall SMS will contain Minimum, Maximum and Average Rainfall for the 24 hrs ending at 8.30 AM.

11/12/2014 08:54:48 in AM-KSNDMC AM-KSNDMC BANGALORE URBAN- ISO, 0, 10, 0.6; BANGALORE RURAL- SCT, 0, 37, 5.2; RAMANAGARA- SCT, 0, 27, 3;

11/12/2014 08:54:57 in AM-KSNDMC AM-KSNDMC KSNDMC:11/12/2014,Rain Data,mm - Min, Max, Avg:  KOLAR- ISO, 0, 28, 2; CHIKKABALLAPURA- ISO, 0, 30, 1.4; TUMKUR- FWS, 0, 93, 8.1; CHITRADURGA- NEG,0, 2, 0;

11/12/2014 08:55:08 in AM-KSNDMC AM-KSNDMC KSNDMC:11/12/2014,Rain Data,mm - Min, Max, Avg:  DAVANAGERE- NEG,0, 1, 0.1; SHIMOGA- ISO, 0, 23, 2.3; BELGAUM- NEG,0, 2, 0; HAVERI- ISO, 0, 22, 0.8;

11/12/2014 08:55:14 in AM-KSNDMC AM-KSNDMC KSNDMC:11/12/2014,Rain Data,mm - Min, Max, Avg:  UTTARA KANNADA- NEG,0, 1, 0; RAICHUR- ISO, 0, 4, 0.1; GULBARGA- NEG,0, 2, 0; BIDAR- NEG,0, 1, 0;

11/12/2014 08:55:23 in AM-KSNDMC AM-KSNDMC KSNDMC:11/12/2014,Rain Data,mm - Min, Max, Avg:  CHAMARAJANAGARA- FWS, 0, 24, 5; MYSORE- WS, 0, 74, 17.5; MANDYA- FWS, 0, 58, 17.3; HASSAN- WS, 0, 42, 8.8;

11/12/2014 08:55:37 in AM-KSNDMC AM-KSNDMC KSNDMC:11/12/2014,Rain Data,mm - Min, Max, Avg:  CHIKKAMAGALUR- FWS, 0, 37, 5.4; KODAGU- WS, 0, 92, 17.8; DAKSHINA KANNADA- WS, 0, 68, 16;

11/12/2014 08:55:41 in AM-KSNDMC AM-KSNDMC KSNDMC:11/12/2014,Rain Data,mm - Min, Max, Avg:  UDUPI- WS, 0, 42, 12.2;  No Rain in 7 Districts

11/12/2014 09:06:02 in AM-KSNDMC AM-KSNDMC KSNDMC Taluk wise Daily Rainfall SMS will contain Minimum, Maximum and Average Rainfall for the 24 hrs ending at 8.30 AM.

11/12/2014 09:06:07 in AM-KSNDMC AM-KSNDMC ANEKAL- SCT, 0, 6, 3;BANGALORE NORTH- ISO, 0, 10, 1;BANGALORE SOUTH- NEG, 0, 1, 0;

11/12/2014 09:06:13 in AM-KSNDMC AM-KSNDMC KSNDMC:11/12/2014,Rain Data,mm - Min, Max, Avg :BANGALORE URBAN:BANGALORE EAST- ISO, 0, 8, 1;

11/12/2014 09:55:39 in AM-KSNDMC AM-KSNDMC KSNDMC RF FORECAST(mm) for 24hrs (11/12/2014): Interior Karnataka: Scattered,upto Moderate Rain; Coastal: Isolated, upto Moderate Rain;

11/12/2014 09:55:48 in AM-KSNDMC AM-KSNDMC KSNDMC RF FORECAST(mm) for 24hrs (11/12/2014):  Malnad: Fairly Widespread, upto Rather Heavy Rain;

11/12/2014 09:56:15 in AM-KSNDMC AM-KSNDMC KSNDMC RF FORECAST(mm) District level for 24hrs (11/12/2014): BANGALORE URBAN: Negligible,(No Rain-Very Light Rain)

11/12/2014 09:56:28 in AM-KSNDMC AM-KSNDMC KSNDMC RF FORECAST(mm) Taluk level for 24hrs (11/12/2014):
BANGALORE URBAN:ANEKAL: NEG,(NR-VLR);
BANGALORE NORTH: NEG,(VLR);
BANGALORE SOUTH: NEG,(NR-VLR);

BANGALORE EAST: NEG,(VLR);

Ministry of Earth Science ::: Earthquake Intensity ...10-December-2014

Earthquake Intensity

            Ministry of Earth System Science- National Centre for Seismology (MoES-NCS) maintains a national seismological network consisting of 42 digital seismograph stations to measure earthquake magnitude and monitor earthquake activity in and around Indian region. Additionally, 78 new digital seismographs are likely to be installed during 2015-16.

            The ground motion data recorded by the instrument system are used for the estimation of magnitude and other earthquake parameters. To date, there is no proven scientific technique available anywhere in the world to forecast/predict the occurrence of earthquake with reasonable degree of accuracy with regard to space, time and magnitude.

            42 digital seismograph stations are already in operation and 78 new are likely to be installed during 2015-16.

                        Loss of life and damage to property due to earthquakes could be considerably reduced through proper planning and implementation of pre- and post-disaster preparedness and management strategies by respective State and Central Government agencies in a coordinated manner. Guidelines have also been published by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Building Materials & Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC) and Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) etc. for the design and construction of earthquake resistant structures to minimize the loss of life and damage to property caused by earthquakes (Annexure I). These guidelines are in wide circulation amongst the public and the administrative authorities responsible for the design and construction of earthquake resistant structures in earthquake prone areas.

                        Ministry of Home Affairs is keen to see at least from now that all new buildings constructed under various National and State schemes should be made earthquake resistant (as per the Bureau of Indian Standards detailed at Annexure-II) in the first instant so that no new additions to the stock of existing unsafe buildings are made.

Brochures and Guidelines published by Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) & Building Materials & Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC)  for construction and retrofitting of buildings:

1.                  Brochure for mitigating damage to dwellings (in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya and Bengali by HUDCO).

2.                  Brochures on house construction in Jabalpur and Chamoli earthquake-affected areas (in Hindi, by HUDCO).

3.                  Retrofitting of stone houses in Marathwada area of Maharashtra, (BMTPC), 1994.

4.                  Guidelines for repair, strengthening and reconstruction of houses damaged in the 30 September, 1993 earthquake in Maharashtra (Government of Maharashtra), 1994.

5.                  Earthquake and Building, A guidebook to understand the relationship between the two, (TARU), 1994.

6.                  Build Your Home with Earthquake Protection, (BMTPC), 1995.

7.                  Guidelines 1 – Earthquake-resistant construction of houses in Jabalpur earthquake-affected areas (in Hindi, English, BMTPC), 1997.

8.                  Guidelines 2 – Repair and retrofitting of damaged houses in Jabalpur earthquake-affected areas (in Hindi, English, BMTPC), 1997.

9.                  Guidelines 1 – Visual Damage Identification for Chamoli earthquake-affected areas of Uttar Pradesh (in Hindi, English, BMTPC), 1999.

10.              Guidelines 2 – Repair and retrofitting of damaged houses in Chamoli earthquake-affected areas of Uttar Pradesh (in Hindi, English, BMTPC), 1999.

11.              Guidelines 3 – Reconstruction and New Construction of Buildings in Chamoli earthquake-affected areas of Uttar Pradesh (in Hindi, English, BMTPC), 1999.

Annexure-II

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has published various standards/codes on earthquake engineering. A list of standards is enclosed.

  List Of Relevant Indian Standards On Earthquake Resistant Design And Construction

S.No.	IS No.	Title
*1	IS 1893: 1984	Criteria for earthquake resistant design of Structures
2	IS 1893(Part 1): 2002	Criteria for earthquake resistant design of structures: Part 1 General Provisions and buildings.
*3	IS 1893(Part 4) : 2005	Criteria for earthquake resistant design of Structures.:Part 4 Industrial structures including stack like structures.
*4	IS 436:1993	Code of practice for earthquake resistant design and construction of buildings
5	IS 4991:1968	Criteria for blast resistant design of structures for explosions above ground
6	IS 6922:1973	Criteria for safety and design of structures subject to underground blasts
7	IS 13827: 1993	Improving earthquake resistance of earthen building – Guidelines
8	IS 13828:1993	Improving earthquake resistance of low strength masonry building – Guidelines
9	IS 13920:1993	Ductile detailing of reinforced concrete structures subjected to seismic forces- code of practice.
10	IS 13935: 2009	Seismic evaluation repair and strengthening of masonry buildings – Guidelines

* Under Revision

                FINALISED DRAFTS UNDER PRINT

S.No.	DOC Number	Title
1	DOC.CED 39 (7231)	Criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures; Part Liquid Retaining Tanks
2	DOC.CED 39 (7620)	Seismic Evaluation and Strengthening of Exiting Reinforced Concrete Building - Guidelines.
3	DOC.CED 39 (7620)	Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction of Building – Code of Practice (Third revision of IS 4326)
4	DOC.CED 39 (7739)	Draft Indian Standards criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures: Part 3 Bridges and Retaining Walls.

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Rain Deficiency :: Ministry of Earth Science :: 10-December-2014

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Government of India
Ministry of Earth Science

10-December-2014 14:53 IST

Rain Deficiency

            The large rainfall deficiency occurred during the initial part of the Southwest Monsoon season, especially during the month of June and up to mid-July is due to late onset, and delay in the advance of monsoon over major part of the country.

Integrated Agro-meteorological Advisory Service (AAS) is rendered on twice-weekly basis in collaboration with State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), institutions of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), etc. District level weather forecast for next 5-days in respect of:

            • Rainfall

            • Maximum temperature, minimum temperature,

            • Wind speed, wind direction,

            • Relative humidity and clouds

            • Weekly cumulative rainfall forecast are provided.

            Further, crop specific advisories to help the farmers are issued and widely disseminated. The AAS of ESSO-IMD has been successful in providing the crop specific advisories to the farmers through different print/visual/Radio/ IT based media including short message service (SMS) and Interactive Voice Response Service (IVRS) facilitating for appropriate field level actions.

            Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) is advocating several technologies like use of short duration drought tolerant varieties, in-situ soil moisture conservation and water harvesting measures, mulching, micro irrigation, resource conservation technologies and use of poor quality water to tackle the situation of moisture deficit in agriculture across the country. The ICAR has also prepared district level contingent plans for over 500 districts to address seasonal rainfall variability (including drought) impact on agriculture.

            Based on scientific assessment of the needs for further augmentation of observing system network, comprising Doppler Weather Radars, rain radars, Automatic Weather Stations (AWSs), Automatic Rain Gauges (ARGs), Snow Gauges etc. expansion has been formulated. In addition, augmenting high performance computing facilities, communication, forecast/warning systems, product dissemination systems etc. are part of a continuous process by which state-of-the-art science and technology tools can be made accessible to the scientists engaged in weather research and forecasting for enhancing the service quality.

            Under the National Monsoon Mission initiative institutions of ESSO, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (ESSO-IITM), Pune, ESSO-IMD, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (ESSO-INCOIS), Hyderabad and National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (ESSO-NCMRWF), NOIDA, have embarked upon to build a state- of-the-art coupled ocean-atmospheric climate model for a) improved prediction of monsoon rainfall on extended range to seasonal time scale (16 days to one season) and b) improved prediction of temperature, rainfall and extreme weather events on short to medium range time  scale (up to 15 days) so that forecast skill gets quantitatively improved further for operational services of ESSO-IMD.

            Using the Monsoon Mission model (CFS v2.0), ESSO-IITM has been preparing the seasonal forecasts for all India monsoon rainfall from 2012 onwards. Since 2013 onwards, experimental extended range (up to 20 days) forecasts of active-break events of the monsoon are also prepared. Both the seasonal forecasts and extended range forecasts are found to be generally accurate. These forecasts are shared with ESSO-IMD for their operational use.

            Under the Monsoon Mission, research proposals were invited from scientists from India and abroad to do research on monsoon process studies and to improve the monsoon prediction models so that monsoon forecasts on different time scales are also improved. So far, 26 research proposals (16 from abroad and 10 from India) were approved for funding under the Monsoon Mission. 

            Observations of monsoon process studies are also important in order to improve the monsoon prediction models. Therefore, under the Monsoon Mission, a project has been undertaken with the help of academic institutions in India and abroad for a detailed observational programme over the Bay of Bengal.

            The primary objective of the programme is to have high resolution ocean observations (like temperature, salinity, ocean current etc) using specialized instruments. This kind of observations is undertaken over the Bay of Bengal for the first time. These observations will be helpful to understand ocean processes over the Bay of Bengal and their representation in numerical models.

Annexure I

STATE-WISE RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION AND SHORT FALLS  IN RAIN DURING WINTER 2014
S. NO.	STATES	ACTUAL	NORMAL	% DEP.
1.	A & N ISLAND(UT)	50.5	82.9	-39%
2.	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	120.9	148.1	-18%
3.	ASSAM	31.2	48.4	-36%
4.	MEGHALAYA	26.3	40.2	-35%
5.	NAGALAND	31.3	47.5	-34%
6.	MANIPUR	14.2	46.0	-69%
7.	MIZORAM	30.6	39.4	-22%
8.	TRIPURA	9.3	44.7	-79%
9.	SIKKIM	19.3	143.6	-87%
10.	ORISSA	17.6	31.8	-45%
11.	HARYANA	29.6	32.4	-9%
12.	PUNJAB	41.9	49.5	-15%
13.	HIMACHAL PRADESH	184.9	195.5	-5%
14.	JAMMU & KASHMIR	195.0	212.9	-8%
15.	GOA	0.0	0.6	-100%
16.	ANDHRA PRADESH	1.6	13.2	-88%
17.	TAMILNADU	13.3	30.8	-57%
18.	PONDICHERRY(UT)	20.9	56.7	-63%
19.	KERALA	14.9	24.3	-39%

·     For remaining subdivision there is no shortfall of rainfall during the season.

·    For country as a whole seasonal rainfall was 14% above of its long period average.

Annexure II

STATE-WISE RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION SHORT FALLS  IN RAIN DURING PRE MONSOON 2014
S. NO.	STATES	ACTUAL	NORMAL	% DEP.
1.	A & N ISLAND(UT)	249.1	465.0	-46%
2.	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	466.0	750.4	-38%
3.	ASSAM	403.0	556.1	-28%
4.	MEGHALAYA	513.9	717.9	-28%
5.	NAGALAND	200.5	413.7	-52%
6.	MANIPUR	212.1	358.1	-41%
7.	MIZORAM	207.9	563.7	-63%
8.	TRIPURA	492.1	710.3	-31%
9.	SIKKIM	617.0	729.5	-15%
10.	WEST BENGAL	185.4	214.8	-14%
11.	HIMACHAL PRADESH	238.9	244.9	-2%
12.	JAMMU & KASHMIR	395.0	326.0	21%
13.	RAJASTHAN	29.9	18.0	66%
14.	MADHYA PRADESH	15.3	18.0	-15%
15.	GUJARAT	2.8	4.8	-41%
16.	DIU(UT)	0.0	1.5	-100%
17.	KERALA	364.5	379.7	-4%
18.	LAKSHADWEEP(UT)	76.7	232.4	-67%

·                    For remaining subdivision there is no shortfall of rainfall during the season.

·               For country as a whole seasonal rainfall was normal (0%) of its long period average.                 

                                                                                                                                                   Annexure III

STATE-WISE RAINFALL (MM) DISTRIBUTION SHORT FALLS  FOR THE MONSOON SEASON 2014
S. No.	States	ACTUAL	NORMAL	% DEP.
1.	A & N ISLAND(UT)	1618.6	1682.5	-4%
2.	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	1758.3	1768.0	-1%
3.	ASSAM	1403.8	1523.4	-8%
4.	MEGHALAYA	2707.9	2786.8	-3%
5.	NAGALAND	968.5	1329.9	-27%
6.	MANIPUR	640.1	1404.5	-54%
7.	MIZORAM	1464.3	1708.3	-14%
8.	TRIPURA	1451.2	1489.1	-3%
9.	WEST BENGAL	1209.4	1390.4	-13%
10.	JHARKHAND	928.3	1091.9	-15%
11.	BIHAR	848.3	1027.6	-17%
12.	UTTAR PRADESH	446.7	846.1	-47%
13.	UTTARAKHAND	897.7	1229.1	-27%
14.	HARYANA	198.3	459.8	-57%
15.	CHANDIGARH(UT)	354.5	844.2	-58%
16.	DELHI	289.3	636.2	-55%
17.	PUNJAB	244.1	491.9	-50%
18.	HIMACHAL PRADESH	522.4	825.3	-37%
19.	MADHYA PRADESH	761.5	952.3	-20%
20.	GUJARAT	591.5	657.6	-10%
21.	MAHARASHTRA	867.4	1007.3	-14%
22.	CHHATISGARH	1106.2	1147.3	-4%
23.	ANDHRA PRADESH	435.9	608.9	-28%
24.	TAMILNADU	314.9	317.0	-1%
25.	LAKSHADWEEP(UT)	964.1	998.5	-3%

·                    For remaining subdivision there is no shortfall of rainfall during the season.

·          For country as a whole seasonal rainfall was -12 % below of its long period average.

Annexure IV

STATE-WISE RAINFALL (MM) DISTRIBUTION SHORTFALL FOR THE PERIOD 01.10.2014 TO 19.11.2014
S. NO.	STATES	ACTUAL	NORMAL	% DEP.
1.	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	46.2	211.9	-78%
2.	ASSAM	29.1	149.2	-81%
3.	MEGHALAYA	49.6	265.8	-81%
4.	NAGALAND	64.5	148.5	-57%
5.	MANIPUR	43.7	209.5	-79%
6.	MIZORAM	73.6	289.4	-75%
7.	TRIPURA	60.6	209.3	-71%
8.	SIKKIM	39.9	266.1	-85%
9.	WEST BENGAL	49.6	145.2	-66%
10.	ODISHA	113.9	136.1	-16%
11.	JHARKHAND	44.9	82.5	-46%
12.	BIHAR	47.8	70.6	-32%
13.	UTTARAKHAND	40.8	64.5	-37%
14.	HARYANA	11.1	19.3	-43%
15.	CHANDIGARH(UT)	12.4	37.8	-67%
16.	DELHI	1.0	21.9	-95%
17.	PUNJAB	6.7	25.0	-73%
18.	HIMACHAL PRADESH	20.9	51.9	-60%
19.	JAMMU & KASHMIR	50.4	56.1	-10%
20.	RAJASTHAN	2.1	13.3	-84%
21.	MADHYA PRADESH	30.9	40.9	-24%
22.	GUJARAT	7.7	27.4	-72%
23.	DNH & DAMAN(UTs)	1.7	45.6	-96%
24.	DIU(UT)	9.2	42.4	-78%
25.	MAHARASHTRA	48.2	87.5	-45%
26.	ANDHRA PRADESH	176.1	232.3	-24%
27.	TELANGANA	54.9	109.0	-50%
28.	KARNATAKA	150.5	168.4	-11%
29.	LAKSHADWEEP(UT)	218.6	242.2	-10%

·                    For remaining subdivision there is no shortfall of rainfall during the season.

·                    For country as a whole seasonal rainfall was 29 % below of its long period average.

              This information was given by Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Dr. Harsh Vardhan in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.


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