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Delhi's toxic air crisis: Can 'cloud seeding' be the solution to hazardous pollution levels?

Delhi’s air quality index recently hit hazardous levels, surpassing 450, making it one of the world’s most polluted cities. Cloud Seeding:The Proposed Solution In response to the crisis, Delhi's Environment Minister Gopal Rai proposed an unconventional solution: cloud seeding, or artificial rain. IIT Kanpur has estimated the cost of implementing cloud seeding at approximately 1 lakh rupees per square kilometre, …

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1 month ago

Artificial rain 'not feasible' option to combat Delhi air pollution crisis, says CPCB

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: The Central Pollution Control Board has said the feasibility of cloud seeding as an emergency measure to battle winter pollution in northern India will be limited, citing insufficient moisture and reliance on pre-existing clouds, an RTI query has revealed. The CPCB shared its observations on a cloud seeding proposal by IIT Kanpur, which aims to combat Delhi's severe …

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1 month ago

Is artificial rain the answer to Delhi’s air crisis?

Firstpost

Delhi’s air quality remained in the ‘severe’ category for a third straight day on Wednesday. As the city battles toxic pollution, can artificial rain, or cloud seeding, improve the situation? Sachchida Nand Tripathi, Dean of Kotak School of Sustainability at IIT Kanpur, told NDTV that tackling air pollution with artificial rain will not be easy. According to IIT Kanpur’s Manindra …

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Delhi air pollution: Why has India failed to clean up its toxic smog?

Al Jazeera

State authorities tout an experimental plan that involves stimulating clouds for rain, but scientists are sceptical. Soaring air pollution in India’s capital, New Delhi, has reached “hazardous” levels this week, causing state officials to limit movement and revive plans to stimulate artificial rain to clear toxic smog. Here’s what you need to know about Delhi’s smog challenge and what artificial …

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1 month ago

Delhi air pollution: AAP seeks Centre's nod for artificial rain, urges PM Modi to intervene as AQI remains 'severe plus'

Hindustan Times

Delhi air pollution updates: As air quality in Delhi-NCR turns toxic, Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday alleged that the Centre was not acting on their repeated request to allow artificial rain in the national capital. Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai addresses a press conference regarding the ongoing air pollution crisis in the national capital, in New Delhi, Monday, …

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1 month ago

Amid worsening Delhi pollution, minister Gopal Rai calls for cloud seeding to reduce AQI – all about artificial rain

Live Mint

Delhi AQI Today: Amid escalating air pollution in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has called on Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav to reconsider the use of cloud seeding as an emergency measure to tackle the city’s worsening Air Quality Index. The Delhi Government has implemented the Winter Action Plan to combat air pollution and continues exploring solutions …

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What is cloud seeding? The science behind artificial rain that Delhi's air needs

India Today

As Delhi grapples with severe air pollution, the concept of cloud seeding has emerged as a potential short-term solution to combat the hazardous air quality. Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday urged the Central government to intervene, requesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assistance in facilitating artificial rain to tackle the escalating air pollution crisis in the national capital. Delhi's …

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2 months ago

Gopal Rai Proposes Cloud Seeding Plan to Combat Delhi's Air Pollution

Hindustan Times

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has requested a meeting with the central government to approve a cloud seeding proposal to combat air pollution in the city. The proposal requires clearances from various government agencies, including the Ministry of Defence, Directorate General of Civil Aviation and the Airports Authority of India, before it can be implemented.

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Artificial Rain To Fight Winter Air Pollution: Delhi Seeks Urgent Meeting With Centre to Evaluate Cloud Seeding

News 18

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Friday wrote to Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, to convene an urgent meeting with stakeholders to evaluate cloud seeding to combat Delhi’s winter air pollution and secure necessary permissions. On Wednesday, News18 had reported that the Delhi government has started work on the ‘Winter Action Plan’ for the national capital …

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1 year ago

Pakistan uses artificial rain for the first time to fight pollution

Al Jazeera

Cloud seeding was used to counter the hazardous smog in the megacity of Lahore, one of the world’s most polluted cities. Artificial rain has been used for the first time in Pakistan in a bid to combat hazardous levels of pollution in the megacity of Lahore, says the provincial government. “It drizzled in at least 10 areas of Lahore,” caretaker …

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1 year ago

India hopes cloud seeding can wash away deadly smog

The Hindu

November 28, 2023 03:10 pm | Updated 03:10 pm IST Indian scientists are preparing cloud seeding technology to clean poisonous smog in the capital with rain, but environmental critics fear it is an expensive distraction from tackling root causes. Tripathi said cloud seeding has produced positive results, and "has not shown any adverse effect wherever it has been tried". Environmental …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Clouds over Delhi government's plan to induce rain amid air pollution

Hindustan Times

No artificial rain will be induced in Delhi on November 20 or 21, as was planned initially, as the meteorological conditions are currently unfavourable to attempt cloud seeding, officials aware of the matter said on Sunday. Read here: Delhi's air quality remains ‘very poor’; schools to reopen The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, which was to execute this experiment in …

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54 years, 11 months ago

India Plans to Change the Weather to Fight Back Against Deadly Smog

Wired

India’s capital, New Delhi, is preparing a new weapon in the fight against deadly air pollution: cloud seeding. The experiment, which could take place as early as next week, would introduce chemicals like silver iodide into a cloudy sky to create rain and, it’s hoped, wash away the fine particulate matter hovering over one of the world’s largest cities. Delhi …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Artificial rain to fix pollution remains a nebulous science

The Hindu

The Delhi government’s attempt to alleviate severe pollution in Delhi by resorting to artificial rain or cloud seeding is an experimental endeavour with no evidence so far that it will be successful in non-monsoon months. Though cloud seeding has been attempted since the 1940s and was pioneered by the United States military, having clouds deliver enough rain over a desired …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Artificial rain, proposed by IIT Kanpur, likely to be attempted to curb air pollution: Delhi govt

India TV News

The Delhi government announced on Wednesday that it will attempt to induce artificial rain through cloud seeding to combat the city's worsening air pollution. Environment Minister Gopal Rai said that a team of scientists from IIT Kanpur has been tasked with preparing a proposal for cloud seeding, which will be submitted to the Supreme Court for approval. “Experts believe that …

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Delhi's toxic air crisis: Can 'cloud seeding' be the solution to hazardous pollution levels?

Artificial rain 'not feasible' option to combat Delhi air pollution crisis, says CPCB

Is artificial rain the answer to Delhi’s air crisis?

Delhi air pollution: Why has India failed to clean up its toxic smog?

Delhi air pollution: AAP seeks Centre's nod for artificial rain, urges PM Modi to intervene as AQI remains 'severe plus'

Amid worsening Delhi pollution, minister Gopal Rai calls for cloud seeding to reduce AQI – all about artificial rain

What is cloud seeding? The science behind artificial rain that Delhi's air needs

Gopal Rai Proposes Cloud Seeding Plan to Combat Delhi's Air Pollution

Artificial Rain To Fight Winter Air Pollution: Delhi Seeks Urgent Meeting With Centre to Evaluate Cloud Seeding

Pakistan uses artificial rain for the first time to fight pollution

India hopes cloud seeding can wash away deadly smog

Clouds over Delhi government's plan to induce rain amid air pollution

India Plans to Change the Weather to Fight Back Against Deadly Smog

Artificial rain to fix pollution remains a nebulous science

Artificial rain, proposed by IIT Kanpur, likely to be attempted to curb air pollution: Delhi govt