MULTAN: An automatic meteorological station was installed at Central Cotton Research Institute (CCRI) in Multan in collaboration with the Met Office. The purpose of the establishment of the Met office is to facilitate farmers, researchers and scientists to promote agriculture in the region. Director of CCRI Dr Zahid Mahmood in a statement issued on Monday said that modern machinery equipped with Japanese technology has a good number of sensors which could help detect every moment of weather conditions like rain, wind, speed, sun light. Similarly, it would also find out the time range of light, temperature of earth, humidity in air, and water vapour data. The CCRI director also hinted that CCRI would impart information about weather to farmers by the use of an online facility. Dr Zahid maintained that the station would also enable agriculture scientists, students and teachers of Agriculture University to get weather data. TLTP
