Union Minister Jitendra Singh today launched the first-ever ‘Himalayan High-Altitude Atmospheric & Climate Centre’ in Nathatop, Chenani, Udhampur district. This landmark initiative aims to provide accurate climate and weather forecasts, along with research and study of the region’s unique high-altitude conditions. The project, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, will enhance climate monitoring in the Himalayas. Jammu and Kashmir’s Science & Technology Minister Satish Sharma and senior officials from both the Central and UT governments were also present at the event.