The Indian Meteorological Department’s Regional Meteorological Centre has started including cities under Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in its forecasts.
- IMD has been issuing severe weather forecast for Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal etc. IMD was mentioning this countries information in national bulletin. But now information related to these countries are mentioned in regional bulletin.
- The IMD has started including Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad, which are parts of PoK, under the Jammu and Kashmir meteorological sub-division since May 5, 2020.
- The Indian Meteorological Department’s northwest division consists of nine sub-divisions: Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi-Chandigarh-Haryana, Punjab, east Uttar Pradesh, west Uttar Pradesh, east Rajasthan and west Rajasthan.
Source: The Hindu and The Hindustan Times
