Cloud-seeding plan takes off in Delhiwith a trial flight

Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Thursday mentioned a trial cloud seeding flight was performed earlier within the day. The cloud-seeding experiment, which has been postponed a number of occasions since July, goals to induce synthetic rainfall and could possibly be a viable resolution to deal with air air pollution within the Capital.

The experiment was scheduled for Wednesday however halted for the day attributable to inadequate cloud cowl.

Hoping for the arrival of appropriate clouds by the tip of this month, Mr. Sirsa mentioned, “Delhi is able to witness its first synthetic rainfall experiment. All methods – from plane to meteorological and environmental monitoring – are in place. Now, the one factor we await is the arrival of appropriate clouds, anticipated round October 29-30, when the precise seeding can be performed.”

The flight departed from the IIT Kanpur airstrip and lined the route from Kanpur through Meerut, Khekra, Burari, Sadakpur, Bhojpur, and Aligarh, and returned to Kanpur.

The Minister mentioned cloud seeding flares had been efficiently fired between Khekra and Burari, whereas the plane’s efficiency, tools endurance, and security protocols had been completely evaluated.

“The whole operation lasted round 4 hours, serving as an important preparatory step to make sure that Delhi’s synthetic rain mission is carried out with precision and scientific accuracy,” he mentioned.