Students of grades 9,10,11 of BTM Layout were taken to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre to learn about the weather and disaster monitoring. KSNDMC has been serving as a common platform to the various response players in the field of Natural Disaster Management by providing timely proactive Science and Technology inputs.
Karnataka State has the distinction of being first in the country to establish a Drought Monitoring Cell (DMC) in 1988, the DMC was renamed as Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) and the activities were broadened. KSNDMC is responsible for monitoring and sharing information on Drought, Flood, Cyclone, Hailstorm, Heavy Winds, Storm Surges, Tsunami, Earthquake, and Landslides.
The KSNDMC has vast responsibilities and here are its main objectives:
Our students were hosted by Dr. Shivakumar who took them through the different sessions planned there. They got a chance to see a weather monitoring station and also understand the working of the rain gauge, which is solar-powered and automated. The students were told about the automated weather stations, which run on solar power and is GPRS enabled.
At the conference hall of KSNDMC, our students were shown a presentation on Disaster Management, goals and the working of the organization. They were informed about the various types of natural and man-made disasters and the ways to understand and mitigate the same. Our students saw and learned about how the weather is monitored over short periods as well as longer durations. Karnataka state has the most unique weather monitoring network, the first of its kind in the country. There are 14 VSAT enabled seismic monitoring stations. They are currently doing a Natural Cyclone risk Mitigation Project.
The real-time weather monitoring system was explained. Informative Videos on Lightning and cloud seeding were shown. The session ended with Diya from Grade 11 thanking Dr. Shivakumar. The trip was indeed very informative and interesting. It was a learning experience for all.
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