New Delhi: In a significant move, the Indian Meteorological Department has now included areas in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir in its weather forecasts.
The weather department has started including Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh’s Northern Areas (Gilgit-Baltistan) and Muzaffarabad, which are under Pakistan’s illegal occupation, under the Jammu and Kashmir meteorological sub-division since May 5, said Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the Regional Meteorological Department that gives forecast for the northwest meteorological division of the IMD, reported PTI.
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There are 36 meteorological sub-divisions in the country, broadly defined along state boundaries. Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad were added in IMD’s Jammu and Kashmir sub-division.
This recent development attains significance as India has always maintained its stance that Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, including Northern Areas (Gilgit-Baltistan) in an integral and inseparable part of India.
The inclusion of Muzaffarabad and Northern Areas (Gilgit-Baltistan) in the forecast comes amid news that Pakistan’s Supreme Court, which has no jurisdiction, is illegally allowing elections in Northern Areas (Gilgit-Baltistan) this week. India has strongly reacted to the development.
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