--- title: "India is about to build new gravitational wave observatory" description: "India is about to build a new gravitational wave observatory" author: "Sanjay Goenka" published: 2023-04-14 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2960/india-is-about-to-build-new-gravitational-wave-observatory category: "space and research" tags: ["space science"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # India is about to build new gravitational wave observatory India announced 26 billion rupees to start [construction](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/167589/the-reasons-why-we-love-construction-jobs-salary) of the **gravitational wave observatory** in the western [state of Maharashtra](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32925/why-was-the-jury-system-abolished-in-india-specifically-making-reference-to-the-k-m-nanavati-vs-state-of-maharashtra). The project is likely to be started in 2030. This **LIGO project of India** will be the fifth observatory in the network. ## Highlights 1. Chair of [Narendra Modi](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2960/pm-narendra-modi-speaks-to-palestinian-president), on 6 April approved 26 billion for the project 2. Scientists use LIGO detectors to search for evidence of gravitational waves 3. LIGO-India can be the fifth observatory in the network ![India is about to build new gravitational wave observatory](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/641521/02e99510-c66e-4b88-8cde-887ba5e60860/images/c45a27e1-7eb6-4c94-9be5-ddc11dce63e1.jpg) [Union Minister](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62152/which-union-minister-inaugurated-atal-setu-in-goa) Shri Jitendra Singh said “In a nutshell, it will add to our astronomical [capabilities](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/490/explain-the-concepts-and-capabilities-of-assembly-in-dot-net) and will enable us to offer inputs and feedback not only to India but to the rest of the world,” also added, “thereby giving a global role to India through the medium of [space technology](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/302175/space-technology-challenges).” This will add to India’s research in the field of Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) network that will find the disruptions in space-time, and mostly these are the cosmic signals which are coming from some high sources of the event from the universe. Every time, a LIGO detector picks up a signal and scientists have to [check whether](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/157543/write-a-java-program-to-check-whether-a-string-is-a-palindrome) those signals are coming from any vibrant source of space like any [black hole](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/301623/what-we-know-about-black-holes) or they are just coming from any source of the earth like an [earthquake](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/views/earthquake). Regarding the project, the Director of Raman Research Institute in India said, Once it came into [operation](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33917/how-to-callback-operation-using-delegate-in-c-sharp) “will enable the dramatic astronomy and astrophysics returns eagerly anticipated from the global network of LIGO gravitational wave detectors in the coming decades,” said the former spokesperson for the LIGO-India. --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2960/india-is-about-to-build-new-gravitational-wave-observatory Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.