Teja Reddy

If IMD wants to shut the radar and make its products inaccessible to public, and making it accessible to only their staff, indirectly feel that I can't give forecasts without radar, it's just an illusion for IMD, because I hardly used IMD products, I have my own subscriptions, own systems and paid sources which I use to give accurate weather forecasts for Telangana. Last 2days, I gave regular alerts, heavy rainfall warnings without radar. I know how to give accurate forecasts without using a single product of IMD And it's first time in India, where a city radar is made inaccessible to public. All the radars of India are in public access except Hyderabad radar The radar is totally working fine (check their bulletins). The radar is now accessible only for the staff of IMD, not even for the other government departments of Telangana. For me, radar inaccessibility is not at all a problem, but for control room, general public, it will be a problem How can a publicly funded organisation like IMD, with hardpaying taxpayers like us, can betray us by making our own funded products inaccessible to us. This is like stealing away the crop from the farmers Innovation is always a place for India, and innovation is something like which can't be curbed by higher officials. Also there is no law that weather forecasts should be given only by IMD. One example we have is Skymet, an Indian based weather forecasting agency which is not related to IMD I don't have any personal conflicts with IMD. I'm just here to share my personal knowledge, experience, expertise in weather forecasting and help the people of Telangana. If IMD feels something else, I can't do anything about it Need media attention regarding this Doppler radar issue.

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