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OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF METEOROLOGY

REGIONAL METEOROLOGICAL CENTRE, ALIPORE KOLKATA -700027

|ÉMÉÊiÉ Ê´É´É®úhÉÒ अ ू बरú, 2013

PROGRESS REPORT FOR THE MONTH October 2013

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Shri D.Pradhan, Sc.E, DDGM, delivered the lectures to newly recruited S.A.,s on Doppler Weather Rade from 8thto 10th at PAC Training Centre.

Shri D.Pradhan, Sc.E, DDGM, , addressed the media regarding the movement of very severe cyclone Phailin during08thTo 14th

Shri D.Pradhan, Sc.E, DDGM, had a meeting with Mr. A.K. Ghosh, Advisor of NMSC Ltd, regarding ISO certification of MWO Kolkata along with other officers and staff of MWO and Alipore Kolkata on 17th

Shri D.Pradhan, Sc.E, DDGM, delivered lecture on “Cyclone Risk Mitigation and Management at the Natural Disaster Management Unit” of Administrative Training Institute, Govt. of West Bengal Salt Lake on 28th

Very severe cyclonic strom PHAILIN has been tracked during 10th to 13th and appropriate action been taken from this end in time which crossed Gopalpur, Orissa.

Dr.S.Bandhyopaqdhyay, Sc-E has attened the one day workshop regarding “INMDIA-

Water Resources Information system (WRIS) project in State Governmenton 23th October at Regional Remote Sensing Centre(RRSC)- East, NRSC, isro, BG-2, AA- 1B, Jyoti Basu Nagar, Kolkata-700156 and Dr.S.Bandhyopaqdhyay, Sc-E has attended two days workshop at Jadavpur University on Climate change dated 24th and 25th

Dr.S.C.Sahu, Sc.E, Director I/C, MC Bhubaneswar, Attended meeting with Chief Secretary Bhubaneswar to review the preparedness for the impending Cyclonic Storm on 09th

Dr.S.C.Sahu, Sc.E, Director I/C, MC Bhubaneswar,.with chief Secretary Attended meeting at Odisha and briefed about the Phailin Cyclone, its intensification, mo vements etc on 09th

Dr.S.C.Sahu, Sc.E, Director I/C, MC Bhubaneswar, Attended meeting with Special relief commissioner on 07th, 08thand 09th

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Dr.S.C.Sahu, Sc.E, Director I/C, MC Bhubaneswar, Attended meeting with Revenue. Minister at 1100 hrs IST and with Chief minister at 1600hrs IST on 10th

Dr.S.C.Sahu, Sc.E, Director I/C, MC Bhubaneswar,attended meeting with Revenue. Minister Chief Secretary at 1000 hrs IST on 11th and 12th

Dr.S.C.Sahu, Sc.E, Director I/C, MC Bhubaneswar, Attended meeting with Union Home

Secretary regarding damage and status of relief and restoration in the context of VSCS “PHAILIN” on 20thand attended meeting with Chief Minister on 24th

Dr.S.C.Sahu, Sc.E, Director I/C, MC Bhubaneswar, Attended meeting with Chief Minister on 27th

Dr.S.C.Sahu, Sc.E, Director I/C, MC Bhubaneswar attended meeting with Inter Ministerial Team in the wake of Cyclone “PHAILIN” and subsequent flood at Secretariat Bhubaneswar on 31t

Touring party from ADGM (R), Pune visited at MO Port Blair and Installed UV-B measurement system and restored Global, Diffused, UV-A and Terrestrial Radiation measurement systems and make all the data visible in website. The party left the station on 4th and Shri B.B.Roy, AM-I attended meetings on preparation for mock drill from 20-22 Nov’13 at the office of Disaster Mangement on 08that the Conference Hall of DC, South Andaman on 17th

S/Shri H.R.Biswas, SC-C was on tour to M.C.Ranchi from 04th to 12th

Shri H.R.Biswas, SC-C and Sourav Adhikary, SC-C attended the 164th Regional Operation Committee meeting of Eastern Region on 24th organized by AAI, Kolkata.

A presentation was delivered by Shri Sourav Adhikary, SC-C on “Recent development in

Met. Communication in Kolkata FIR” in this meeting. Lectures were delivered to newly recruited SA,s for IMTC training by S/Shri H.R.Biswas,

SC-C, Sourav Adhikary, SC-C, A.K.Dasgupta, AM-I, S.C.Majumder, AM-I,Sanjoy Som, SA and T.K.Pal, SA.

Vigilance awareness week is being observed on 28.10.2013. Pledge was taken by

officers and staff members on 28th

A new weather system is developed to display different weather product one by one at

regular intervals. The weather products are updated automatically. Shri A.K.Ghosh, Advisor of NMSC Ltd. visited M.O.Kolkata from 16th to 21th regarding

ISO certification procedures and conducted mock test followed by final test on internal and external audit procedure towards ISO certification.

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Shri S. Lama, A.M.-II attended meeting on 03th at Secretariat, Manan Bhawan,

Gangtok, Sikkim organized by Land Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Government of Sikkim, on the subject „Agencies involved in rescue and relief operations during disasters.

Shri M. Das, A.M.-I attended a meeting on 7th held at seSecretariat, Manan Bhawan,

Home Department, Governent ofof Sikkim in connection with the proposed visit of the President of India to Sikkim from 10th to 11th November 2013.

Vigilance awareness week is being observed on 28th to2ndNovember 2013 in RMC

Kolkata and all MCs, MOs also.

Shri G.K. Das, Met. Gr. - I on tour as Office In-charge w.e.f. 24.10.2013 to 01.11.2013. -

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2. +ÆiÉ®ú ʴɦÉÉMÉÒªÉ ºÉ½þªÉÉäMÉ: INTER DEPARTMENTAL CO-OPERATION:

Nil

3. EòɪÉǶÉɱÉÉ/ºÉÆMÉÉä¹`Òö/¦ÉɹÉhÉ: WORKSHOP/ SEMINAR/ LECTURE:

4. +xÉÖºÉÆvÉÉxÉ B´ÉÆ |ÉEòɶÉxÉ : RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION:

Nil

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ʴɶÉä¹É ºÉä́ ÉÉBÄ B´ÉÆ +ÉÆEòc÷É |ÉnùɪÉ:

SPECIAL SERVICES AND DATA SUPPLY

6. {ÉÚ́ ÉÉÇxÉÖ̈ ÉÉxÉ ºÉä́ ÉÉBÄ :

FORECASTING SERVICES

A.AVIATION: STATION SCHEDULED FLIGHTS

NON SCHEDULED FLIGHTS

NAME OF

THE STATION Chart/(T3/T4) Chart/(T3/T4)

V.V.I.P.

FLIGHTS

ORAL

BRIEFING

ROUTE FORECAST

AERODROME WARNING ISSUED ( Thunder/lightning )

A.M.O. KOLKATA 125 65 01 -- 56

M.C.BHUBANESWAR -- 82/12 -- -- 17/56

M.C.PATNA 465 21 -- -- --

MC RANCHI -- -- -- --

Name of the Station Revenue Earned in Rs. Remarks

RMC Alipore (T.S) 9347

M.C.Bhubaneswar 93559

MC Gangtok nil --

ACWC Kolkata 13821 --

MC Patna 17021 --

FMO Jalpaiguri nil --

Total: Rs = 133744.

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B. NON-AVIATION

1) Forecasting :-

a) Day to day, point forecasting of temperature and spatial weather forecasting and warning of severe weather parameters for 24 hrs and 48 hours over GWB, SHWB & Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Bay of Bengal and High seas of Indian Ocean under its jurisdiction and its updating in websites in real time basis and its dissemination to various Govt./ NGOs/ AIR/ TV/ Press/ Media. b) Press and Media briefing in real time basis by Director , ACWC, Kolkata / DOs , as and when required .

2) Precipitation:- Collection , Preparation and Dissemination of station wise Daily Rainfall data , Preparation of district wise rainfall data under daily rainfall monitoring scheme (DRMS) of three subdivisions under its control , were sent by FAX / E-mail to :-

a) NHAC ,New Delhi and DGM ( Hydrology ) New Delhi . b) DDGM(WF) Pune, LRF Pune and NCC, Pune and all concerned .

3) District wise weekly and monthly rainfall data were sent by E-mail to :- a) DGM(H) New Delhi , b) ADGM ( R ) Pune , c) Agrimet , Pune and d) DDGM(WF) Pune and all concerned .

Preparation and updating of daily weather report and weekly weather report and its updating in websites in real time basis . Communication :-

a) HPCS server is working satisfactorily. b) WRF model output is being utilized for forecasting point of view .

Weather Reports were sent to various Govt. and NGOs and Private agencies during the month . . Disastrous Weather & Extreme wx. events reports :- were sent to ADGM ( R ) / DDGM ( WF ) Pune and DGM ( NHAC ) New Delhi respectively upto the month of February '2013 .

7. EþÞòÊ¹É ¨ÉÉèºÉ¨É Ê´ÉYÉÉxÉ ºÉä́ ÉÉ Ê®ú{ÉÉä]Çõ AGROMETEOROLOGICAL ADVISORY SERVICES Details of Bulletins issued:

Name of the station No. of bulletin issued

No of bulletin sent to DDGM (Agrimet), Pune

Broadcast / Telecast

of the bulletin

RMC Kolkata 08 09 AIR & DD Kolkata

MC Gangtok 09 09 AIR Gangtok

MC Bhubaneswar 09 09 AIR Cuttack / DD

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M.C Ranchi 09 09 AIR Ranchi

M.C. Patna 09 05 AIR,Patna

● AAS bulletins were sent to Kolkata Doordarshan by AAS Unit, Alipore on regular basis for telecasting the same. ● After downloading forecast of NHAC from ftp site, value added forecast were sent to all AMFUs under RMC Kolkata, and thereafter composite bulletins were prepared after receiving bulletins from AMFUs for each district of the state and sent to DDGM (Agrimet), Pune on real time basis in English version through email for displaying in website (www.imdagrimet.org).\\ ● District wise yield forecast of Boro rice both from Statistical and DSSAT model under FASAL project was forwarde to Pune .

8. VÉ±É ¨ÉÉèºÉ¨É Ê´ÉYÉÉxÉ : HYDROMETEOROLOGY

A. FLOOD METEOROLOGY

Daly rainfall data of Ranchi , Jamsedpur, and Daltongunge were sent to NHAC New Delhi by MC Ranchi

Operational watch hours from 0600 hrs IST to 1800 hrs IST daily. This office issues forecast daily under guidance of RMC Kolkata based on plotting / analysis of Surface and Upper air charts and other imageries received through website / DMDD. Weekly and monthly verification of QPF have been sent to DGM (Hydromet), New Delhi, W.S, Pune and RMC Kolkata. Flood alert messages have been sent to DGM (Hydromet), New Delhi and RMC Kolkata.

Weekly Hydromet data in respect of Gangtok & Tadong sent to Agrimet, Pune regularly during the month of September 2013

Weekly Rainfall Statistics in respect of all four districts of Sikkim sent to Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority, Gangtok Agrimet, Pune regularly during the month September2013.

B SCRUTINY / Heavy Rainfall Analysis (HRA) / TABULATION of SR Chart. HRA TABULATION Name of station / Unit

No of stations Month(s) No of stations

Month(s)

HMU Alipore -- -- 12 21

FMO Jalpaiguri 2 12months 2 12months.

DVC MET UNIT nil nil -- --

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9. ®äúb÷É®ú ¨ÉÉèºÉ¨É Ê´ÉYÉÉxÉ: RADAR METEOROLOGY

Doppler Weather Radar was operated round the clock

DWR generated raw data at 10 minutes interval was disseminated to central server, New Delhi

DWR observations were disseminated to the respective users on routine basis and uploaded to IMD New Delhi and RMC Kolkata (ACWC) websites at every 10 minutes intervals

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10. ={ÉOɽþ ¨ÉÉèºÉ¨É Ê´ÉYÉÉxÉ : SATELLITE METEOROLOGY

A. CWDS: Routine test Transmissionwas issued from CWDS unit of RMC Kolkata for checking the performance of CWDS receiver installed at different field station . One no receiver and one no PSU were locally repaired at CWDS Laboratory

B.DMDD: Name of the Stations Nos. of Pictures received M.C Bhubaneswar Working satisfactorily

M.C.Gangtok --do--

F.M.O. Jalpaiguri N/A

AMO Kolkata 1500

M.C. Patna Nil

M.C. Ranchi 90

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F.M.O. Asansol Nil

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DATA MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION

A. DATA MANAGEMENT (Scrutiny / Tabulation/ Entry in PC) Data Scrutinized Data keyed

in PC

Name of the station

MMR

Day

summary

Autographic data

P.B. Flight

sheets Checked

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RMC Alipore (TS) 14 -- …... -- 04 13 90 Nil

Alipore Obsy. -- 07 - -

M.C. Bhubaneswar 11 -- -- -- Nil Nil 59 Nil

M.C.Gangtok nil -- -- --

M.C.Patna 02 -- -- --

MC Ranchi Nil

DVC Met Unit nil -- - - - - - -

FMO Jalpaiguri nil -- -- -- -- -- - -

Data entry on computer (IDESK) by AO , Alipore – sets , by TS , Alipore – 72 months of synoptic observations .

60 nos of Special observation was taken by Alipore Observatory during this month.

Surface Climate Broadcast & Check Surface Climate Broadcast for the month of September'13 were sent to ADGM (R), Pune.

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B. INSPECTION

Two (2) nos of hydromet observatory has been inspected by DVC met unit during this month

C. A W.S

Preventive/ corrective maintenance of ARG Malbazar, Chengamari, Tea garden

Mahua tea estate and Hasimara AWS werw done during this month

Shri A. Sarkar, S.A completed AWS & ARG preventive maintenance tour on 02.10.2013.

12. |ÉäIÉhÉ ºÉÆMÉ`öxÉ: OBSERVATIONAL ORGANISATION

DETAILS OF HIGHEST ASCENT (UPPER AIR)

STATION ITEM MAXIMUM HEIGHT DATE AND TIME(UTC)

RS 003 HPA /39.1KM 250000

AMO KOLKATA RW 003HPA / 39.1KM 250000

RS 079HPA/18.3 020000

M.C.RANCHI RW 079HPA / 18.3 020000

RS 4.3HPA / 36.8KM 141200 MC BHUBANESWAR

RW 43HPA / 36.8Km 131200

RS 5.4HPA/35.2KMS 310000 M.O.PORTBLAIR

RW 5.4HPA/35.2KMS 310000

M.C.PATNA RS 5.4HPA/35.2KM 03000

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D. RADIATION `

Radiation: (i) Radiation data (Global, Diffuse, Direct & Terrestrial ) has been copied and computed for the month of MAY’2013 (ii) Radiation data (Global, Diffuse,Direct& Terrestrial) has been calculated for the month of MAY’2013 and dispatched to ADGM (R) Pune.

D. SEISMOLOGY

Name of the Station No of shocks received

A.O. ALIPORE 03

SEISMO TADONG 24

M.C. BHUBANESWAR 40

MO PORT BLAIR 03

SEISMO BOKARO -

13. ¤Éxnù®úMÉɽþ ¨ÉÉèºÉ¨É Ê´ÉYÉÉxÉ: PORT METEOROLOGY Ships visited during the month:

Station Foreign Indian Index correction card supplied

Barometer adjusted

Comparison/Calibration of Barometer

M.O.PBL -- --02 02

14. |ɶÉɺÉÊxÉEò : ADMINISTRATION

1. ESTABLISHMENT: 01. Monthly staff statement (N/G) as on 01.10.2013 has been sent to HQ. 02. 1 new recruit LDC joined at RMC Kolkata. 03. Statement of pending cases for September’ 2013 has been sent to H.Q.

RW 5.4HPA/35.2KM 03000

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04. Sri A.K.Das Gupta, AM-I, S.K.Dostidar, AM-I, R.M.Seal, AM-I, B.Behera, AM-II, Ranjan Roy, RM, G.Chakraborty, MA, Alo Rani Ganguly, MA have been retired from Govt. service on attaining the age of superannuation 31.10.2013.

05. Tour approved i.r.o S/Shri D.K.Sinha, SA (Bhagalpur to Seismo Valmikinagar), Malay Pal, SA (Bankura to AMS Gaya), S.K.Sahoo, SA (Bhubaneswar to CDR Paradeep) and Amit Kumar, SA (Jamsedpur to SMO Sabour).

06. Permission for higher studies issued i.r.o 2 officials. 07. 4 nos. of Form-3 and other nominations have been recorded in the Service Book. 08. 7 nos. of LTC verification have been made. 09. 20 nos. of Service Book entries have been made. 10. Sanction order issued for Part-time contingent labour 11. 13 leave encashment O/o issued. 12. 01 family pension paper has been sent to PAO. 13. Monthly recruitment report for September’13 sent to Cash section / PAO. 14. 4 SAs have been nominated for Intermediate General Met. Training, Batch No. 233 at

MTI Pune. 15. Brief service particulars of 205 Gr B (Gaz & non Gaz) officials has been sent to HQ for

ACP scheme. 16. Brief service particulars of 50 Gr B (Gaz & non Gaz) reired officials has been prepared

for ACP scheme. 17. Tour order issued i.r.o 1 Gaz officer. 18. CCL order issued i.r.o 2 officials. 19. 3 nos. offer letter have been sent to 3 persons for the post of LDC. 20. Resignation has been accepted by the DDGM, RMC Kolkata i.r.o 1 SA. 21. Statement for Aeronautical Met. Personnel sent to HQ. 22. Sanction order issued for one contingent labour for Seismo Siliguri. 23. Order issued for change of posting of Shri Bibek Das, MA from Alipore to AMO Kolkata. 24. Statement of non-tax revenue (user charges) generated by IMD (for all units) sent to HQ. 25. Statement of non-tax revenue (user charges) for Seismological units sent to HQ. 26. 01 no. of special leave approved. 27. Family planning allowance approved i.r.o 1 official. 28. Quarterly grievance report sent to HQ. 29. Preparation of actual tour programme for LDC examination for 18 officials. 30. Shri C.K.Kundu, AM-II has been nominated for refresher training course in General Met.

At MTI Pune.

R.T.I

Sl. No. Items Nos.

1 No. of RTI applications received during the month 02

2 No. of RTI applications under process Nil

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Interim Reply

01 3 No. of cases in which replies sent

Final Reply ( including return of applications )

01

a

Number of RTI First Appeals received during the month.

01 4

b Number of cases in which FAA has issued decision during the month Nil

5 CIC hearing ( if any) took place in the month Nil

6 Amount of charges collected during the month Rs10/

7 Number of cases in which any disciplinary action taken against officials under the provision of the Act

Nil

8 CASH SECTION:

SL.NO NAME OF SEAT

NATURE OF JOBS CLEARED NUMBER OF BILLS /CASH CLEARED DURING THE MONTH

(a) Regular Pay Bills 108 01 ALL PAY SEAT

(b) Other bills (Children Education Allowance, ADA, Festival Advance, C.P.C.) Bills prepared and submitted to PAO

156

(a) cleared G.P.F. Part final withdrawal, Advance & G.P.F. Final Payment to retired employee.

27 02 G.P.F. SEAT

(b) Correspondences done, if any 20

1. Prepared Contingent Advance & Adjustment Bills.

40 03 CONTIN-

GENT SEAT

2. Recoupment from Station Imprest/ paper

28

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3. Wages 10

4. Telephone Bills 49

5. Electricity Bills 22

6. Rent & taxes 09

7. Payments made to different parties against Pre- receipted Bills

36

8. Correspondences done. 0

(a) Bills processed & submitted to P.A.O.

80

(b) Issued “Permission Letter” for C.G.H.S./AMA Pathological Test & Emergency Indoor Treatment.

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04 MEDICAL

(c) Different correspondences made. 04

(a) Processed & submitted L.T.C. Advance cases & Adjustment cases to P.A.O. to P.A.O.

15 05 L.T.C. SEAT

(b) Cleared E.L. encashment cases for availing L.T.C.

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06 T.A. SEAT (a) Processed TA/DA Advance and Adjustment cases and submitted to P.A.O. for Payment.

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(a) Cases Processed 05

(b) Interest Calculated 02

(c) D.C.R.G. cases cleared 35

07 HBA SEAT AND D.C.R.G. SEAT

(d) Different correspondences made 02

08 O.T.A. SEAT (a) Bills processed & submitted to P.A.O.

RECEIPTS

(a) Cash Transaction through R.T.G.S.(E-Payment)

1) Salary has been disbursed.

2) Others has been disbursed

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100%

80%

09 CASHIER SEAT

PAYMENTS

(b) Cash Transaction through

nil

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E.C.S.(Electronics clearing system)

(c) Other work: - Maintenance of Cash Book, Challan Register, Undisbursed Register as routine work.

(a) Headwise Booking of passed bills (both Plan & Non-Plan)

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(b) Booking of Challan deposited into Bank

(c) Preparation fo Monthly Progressive Expenditure Statement according to the sanctioned Budget Head of A/C (Plan & Non Plan)

10 BUDGET SEAT

(d) Reconciliation of Monthly Progress Expenditure Statement with the P.A.O.’s Figures ( Plan & Non Plan) and all Budget related work as and when required in exigencies.

11 DAK-RECEIPT SEAT

(a) Total Dak receipt and its distribution to the concerned seat and entering in the respective register.

349

GENERAL SECTION:

15. +ÊiÉÊlÉ : VISITORS

140 students of Government College, Gangtok, East Sikkim visited M.O Gangtok on 18th October‟ 2013.

156 Persons visited the Alipore observatory during the month of October 2013.

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RMC.KOL.UO.NO.R-0036 / Dtd.- 07-11-2013

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(Devendra Pradhan)

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