By Admin 
Now preparations for artificial rain from the sky have been completed in Delhi. To stop the increasing pollution in the capital, the Delhi government has finalized the plan of cloud seeding i.e. artificial rain. Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said that the first trial will be conducted in North Delhi. For the last four days, pilots have been continuously practicing by bringing aircraft from Meerut and have flown to the height from where the raining process will be done.
Sirsa said that all necessary approvals for cloud seeding have been received from the Civil Aviation Department and other agencies. Now only permission from the Meteorological Department remains to be obtained. He said that as soon as approval is received from the Meteorological Department, the trial of artificial rain will be started within three hours. The special aircraft used for this process is currently parked in Meerut and is ready for flight.
There will be five trials in the capital
The Environment Minister said that a total of five trials will be conducted in Delhi. Earlier this trial was to be held in September, but it was postponed due to technical reasons. After this, a new date of trial was fixed between 5th to 7th October, but due to natural rains during that time, it had to be postponed again. Now the government is trying to conduct this trial successfully around or after Diwali.
Manjinder Singh Sirsa said that teams of 23 departments are involved in this entire process which are working in coordination. He said that this is a big experiment to reduce the increasing pollution in Delhi. If the trial is successful then it will be implemented on a large scale.
Artificial rain is a scientific technology
Cloud seeding i.e. artificial rain is a scientific technique in which special chemicals (such as silver iodide or sodium chloride) are released into the clouds from airplanes. These chemicals condense moisture in clouds, causing artificial rain. This technology has already been used in countries like China, America and Dubai.
The government hopes that the artificial rain will reduce the dust and pollution in Delhi’s air to a great extent and people will get some relief. This will be the first time in Delhi that the government will try to make it rain from the sky to deal with pollution.