Delhi prepares him for his first artificial rain to combat air pollution: Here's how it will work | Today news

In a first for the national capital, Delhi plans to see artificial rain with the aim of reducing air pollution in the city. The flight plan for the cloud sow operation was submitted by IIT Kanpur to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Pune for technical coordination and was implemented between July 4 and 11, Pti reports. Pollution control effort Delhi Minister of Environmental Affairs, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, announced on Saturday that “conditions are not suitable for cloud sow until July 3, but a flight window has been proposed between July 4 and 11.” He added that a proposal was also sent to the Directorate -General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), requesting the hearing at a later time. “Our goal is to give delhiites clean air,” Sirsa emphasized, claiming that it is the most basic right of every resident, and the government is investigating every possible solution to achieve it. “That’s why we take this daring step of artificial rain. We are hopeful that it will bring meaningful change,” he added. Saurabh Bharadwaj, head of AAP Delhi, had earlier addressed political accusations that BJP and the center had hampered the city’s pollution control efforts and mocked the proposal for artificial rains during the peak-winter pollution. In response to the allegations, Sirsa clarified: “We were what the sleeve first signed, made all the payments to IIT Kanpur and applied for the necessary approvals because we wanted to take real steps.” “They didn’t do anything except talking about artificial rain. We, on the other hand, worked sincerely. Therefore, within four months after we formed the government, at the stage of finalizing the date for Delhi’s first artificial rain,” he added. How does artificial rain work? The project, entitled ‘Technology demonstration and evaluation of cloud seeds as an alternative to softening NCR pollution in Delhi, will involve five aircraft sorties. Each sortie takes about 90 minutes and covers about 100 square kilometers over low -security air zones in the northwest and outer delhi. A modified Cessna aircraft will spread a scientifically formulated seed mixture using flare-based systems. This unique formulation, developed by IIT Kanpur, consists of silver iodide nano particles, iodizing salt and rock salt, designed to catalyze artificial rain by accelerating drop formation in moisture-rich clouds, which will wash away pollutants from the environment. (With input from PTI)