US EditionDelhi Cloud Seeding Trials Purely an Experiment: Govt Official
- The recent cloud seeding trials in New Delhi were described as purely an experiment by M Ravichandran, Secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, highlighting their role in assessing feasibility before operational use.
- Ravichandran stated that cloud seeding trials can succeed or fail and emphasized the importance of such experiments for gaining information.
- The cloud seeding trials aimed to help ease air pollution in Delhi and were conducted in collaboration with IIT Kanpur.
- The Opposition Congress criticized the experiments, calling the limited improvements a 'cruel joke.
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New Delhi, archived the festivities, is in a blanket of fine dusts. And the seeding of the clouds is promoted by the Modi government is not giving results
Times of India
The Economic TimesDelhi cloud seeding trials purely an experiment: Govt official
Cloud seeding trials in New Delhi were an experiment, according to Ministry of Earth Sciences Secretary M Ravichandran. He emphasized that such tests are crucial to determine feasibility before widespread use. Experiments can yield success or failure, providing valuable information for future research. The conference in Pune focused on weather modification advancements. Opposition parties have criticized the Delhi government's trials.
Malay Mail
AlKhaleej TodayScience or smokescreen? Delhi’s artificial rain plan fails to wash away pollution crisis
NEW DELHI, Nov 3 — India’s efforts to combat air pollution by using cloud seeding in its sprawling capital New Delhi appear to have fallen flat, with scientists and activists questioning the effectiveness of the move.Cloud seeding involves spraying particles such as silver iodide and salt into clouds from aircraft to trigger rain, that can wash pollutants from the air.Delhi authorities, working with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpu…
The images that emerged from New Delhi last month were grim: residents were celebrating the Hindu festival of Diwali, while the city was enveloped in a thick layer of smog. A dense fog hung, and the sky turned a dirty brown. Attempts to "cloud seed" had clearly failed. Two years ago, air pollution in the […] Want to learn more about science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl .
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