New Delhi, Food aggregator Zomato has launched a crowd-sourced weather infrastructure network consisting of 650 on-ground stations to provide real-time information on key parameters like temperature and rainfall, its co-founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal said. Said on Wednesday.

Goyal said the network, WeatherUnion.com, provides localised, real-time information on weather parameters such as temperature, humidity, wind speed and rainfall.

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“At Zomato, it was important for us to have access to accurate and real-time weather information to make the right business decisions to better serve our customers. Therefore, we took the lead in developing a solution capable of empowering us on this front. Raised,” Goyal said.

He also revealed that a lot of Zomato employees have installed weather stations in their homes.

Goyal said, “As we look forward to further expanding this infrastructure, we welcome volunteers who wish to provide us space in their premises to set up weather stations and contribute to nation building. "

He shared that all institutions and companies will be provided "free access" to the WeatherUnion.com database for the public good.

“Many companies and public institutions should use real-time weather data to boost the productivity of our economy,” the Zomato CEO said.