New Delhi, Dec 13 : Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Mr.Ashwani Kumar inform in Rajya Sabha today that there, are seven seismic observatories functioning in Assam, located at Dhubri, Jorhat, Silchar, Lekhapani, Tezpur, Guwahati and Dibrugarh under India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Under the national seismological network seismic observatories are located at Lekhapani in Assam, Agartala in Tripura, Shillong and Tura in Meghalaya and Imphal in Manipur and Gangtok in Sikkim.
Recently, all the above mentioned six observatories have been upgraded with state-of-the-art broadband systems with VSAT communication systems.
In addition to the above observatories, 15 more new stations have also been established at Dhubri, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur, Guwahati and Dibrugarh in Assam ; Ziro, Itanagar, Tawang and Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh; Kohima and Mokochong in Nagaland; Belonia in Tripura; and Aizawl, Sahia in Mizoram.
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