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Source : https://www.gwadarpro.pk/1773274711443996674/world-bank-releases-first-tranche-of-loan-for-pmd-upgrade

[H3]World Bank releases first tranche of loan for PMD upgrade[/H3]
The Express Tribune
Mar 28, 2024

The World Bank has released the first tranche of its $50 million loan for the restructuring and upgradation of the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) aimed at enabling the department to cater to the training needs of its counterparts in the region.

The project titled 'Modernization of Hydromet Services of PMD in Pakistan' will use the World bank loan to digitise the department, and upgrade its observatories from the current manual network to automatic system.

Under the project, according to sources, 300 automatic weather stations and five bigger radars will be installed in the country. Besides for the first time, three mobile weather radars and supercomputers will also be provided to the PMD.

The sources said that the PMD would also be made self-sufficient in terms of acquiring equipment with the help of the World Bank. For this purpose, the PMD workshop will be modernised with staff training on modern lines.

The aim of the digitisation is to enable the PMD to provide training to its counterparts in Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and other countries. The sources said that many Gulf countries had contacted Pakistan for the training of their personnel.

They added that agreements had been reached with Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan for this training purpose. With the release of the first instalment of the loan, work on PMD modernisation project had already begun, the sources said.

 

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[H3]Gwadar natural disaster: Gwadar Port gets equipment of early warning system[/H3]
By Yasir Habib Khan | Gwadar Pro
Apr 5, 2024

GWADAR - In the wake of China's unflinching commitment to help Pakistan mitigate detrimental impacts of natural disasters like catastrophic flood, torrential rain as well as metrological hazards, Gwadar Port has received equipment of early warning system on April 3.

After equipment's installation and functioning at Gwadar Port, next beneficiary areas are Jiwani and Turbat in Balochistan.

China Metrological Administration (CMA) has doled out the equipment to Pakistan Metrological Department (PMD). The equipment includes the establishment of one mobile vertical observation system, one Beidou Navigation sounding station and three automatic weather stations (AWS) including two backup Aws and large screen.

Talking to Gwadar Pro PMD official said that CMA-PMD collaboration is a part of boosting CPEC capacity for emergency management of major metrological disasters under the Belt and Road Initiative.

He revealed that CMA is also assisting PMD for enhancing its institutional capabilities to meet the emerging hydro-metrological challenges. "CMA will help PMD strengthen metrological observation network along the CPEC route in Pakistan," he added.