Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad now in IMD’s forecast

New Delhi :The IMD’s Regional Meteorological Centre has started including cities under Pakistan-administered-Kashmir in its forecasts, a departure from its earlier format, officials said on Thursday.
The IMD has started including Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad, which are parts of PaK, 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.
IMD Director General M Mohapatra said they have been mentioning areas under PaK under its daily weather bulletin ever since the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir in the two union territories August last year.
However, officials said it is now being mentioned explicitly under the Jammu and Kashmir subdivision.
These cities of PaK have now found a place in the overall forecast of the northwest division.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by The Kashmir Monitor staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)