Andhra University gets ₹180-crore C-ART observatory; monsoon below normal, says Earth Sciences Secretary
A ₹180-crore coastal weather observatory was inaugurated at Andhra University on Friday; the Earth Sciences Secretary said the monsoon will be below normal at 92%.
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Union Earth Sciences Secretary M. Ravichandran on Friday (May 1, 2026) inaugurated the Open-Field Observatory of the Coastal Atmospheric Research Testbed (C-ART) at Andhra University (AU), a facility set up by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, under the Centre’s Mission Mausam.The total project cost is estimated at ₹180 crore, of which equipment worth ₹60 crore has already been installed; the remaining ₹120 crore is earmarked for additional instrumentation and infrastructure. According to the university, the testbed is equipped with a suite of advanced in-situ and remote-sensing instruments, including aerosol mass spectrometers, cloud condensation nuclei counters, ceilometers and greenhouse gas analysers.
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