NEW DELHI: Facing criticism over not giving adequate information of recent dust and thunder storms, the
ministry of earth sciences on Thursday admitted that there was an issue in disseminating the information but the country's national weather forecaster,
India Meteorological Department (
IMD), predicted the extreme weather events three days in advance.
"We predicted about the extreme weather event three days before (it hit). We admit that there is an issue in reaching out to people and there is a need to improve our dissemination strategy," M Rajeevan, secretary, ministry of earth sciences (MoES), said in response to a question at press conference.
Defending IMD,
Harsh Vardhan said accuracy level of the IMD has improved drastically over the period of time, but it is the responsibility of local authorities to act on warnings. "We have become world class in weather forecasting," he said.