IANS | 06 Dec, 2023
The Sri Lankan government has started modernising the technology used
by the Meteorological Department as it is about 25 years from the
cutting edge, a state minister said on Wednesday.
State Defence Minister Premitha Bandara Tennakoon told Parliament
that the government has been modernising the Meteorological Department
with funds from the World Bank, Xinhua news agency reported.
The
government was in the process of recruiting an expert who understands
the latest developments in meteorological technology, Tennakoon said.
He
added that the monsoon winds transported polluted air into Sri Lanka
and the weather in the country's capital Colombo was adverse in certain
months of the year.
Sri Lanka needs to modernise its Meteorological Department to face all the challenges, Tennakoon said.
