Deputy Commissioner M. Deepa formally launched the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department’s Varsha Dhare cloud seeding project at Hubballi International Airport here on Thursday. Speaking to presspersons, Ms. Deepa said that the three-month-long cloud seeding project was aimed at augmenting rainfall in North Karnataka region. Cloud seeding has yielded satisfactory results in the past and it was expected to bring good rainfall this year too, she said. The aircraft started operating three days ago and details of the impact of cloud seeding are yet to be known. Monsoon has hit North Karnataka late and as a result, some of the districts have received scanty rainfall.

Source: The Hindu August 01, 2019 20:03 UTC