JAMMU, Feb. 21 -- In eco-fragile Jammu and Kashmir, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) plans to set up a hyper-local weather forecasting system for early weather warning alerts, especially cloudbursts and heavy rainfall.

"The IMD plans to install four additional doppler weather radars and 34 automatic weather stations and snow gauges in Jammu and Kashmir," the government stated in a written reply to a question by NC MLA Sajjad Shaheen in the legislative assembly here.

"The National Disaster Management Authority has identified seven districts across Himalayan states for focused intervention, out of which Ramban and Kishtwar have been selected from Jammu and Kashmir," said chief minister Omar Abdullah in a written reply.

"Past dat...