Science and Technology Minister Dr Harshvardhan today launched the  special weather services for Kumbh Mela at a function in New Delhi. It will provide information about the prevailing weather condition  and forecasts to the people visiting Prayagraj during Kumbh Mela.

For this purpose, four Automatic Weather stations have been installed at four locations at Prayagraj. The observational sites are distributed in all four directions within 5 to 10 kilometers radius and are located at Allahabad University, Delhi Public School, G.B. Pant Institute of Social Science and  Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences.

A mobile application named “Kumbh Mela Weather Service”  has been developed to disseminate the live weather information. The mobile app will also provide weather forecast and warnings for Prayagraj for next 3 days.