The Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) on Wednesday questioned the Delhi authorities’s current cloud seeding train, saying no rainfall was recorded regardless of claims of synthetic rain and elevating doubts over the feasibility of such experiments within the nationwide capital.
The Delhi authorities, in collaboration with IIT-Kanpur, performed cloud seeding trials on Tuesday in some areas, together with Burari, north Karol Bagh and Badli, after a niche of 53 years.
Atmosphere minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa mentioned in an announcement that the initiative aimed to discover scientific options for lowering air air pollution within the metropolis.
“Preliminary evaluation signifies a discount in particulate matter concentrations within the areas the place the trials had been performed, though climate circumstances weren’t supreme for rainfall,” he mentioned.
Addressing a press convention, AAP Delhi chief Saurabh Bharadwaj mentioned, “For the previous few days, it was mentioned that cloud seeding had been completed in numerous areas of Delhi, however there was no rain wherever.”
He additionally referred to earlier statements made in Parliament, the place three central authorities establishments had reportedly mentioned cloud seeding was not appropriate for Delhi attributable to meteorological and chemical elements.
“When these companies had already said that cloud seeding can’t be completed in Delhi, what was the necessity for such an train now?” Bharadwaj requested, alleging that public cash was being spent on what he known as a “publicity-driven exercise.”
There was no quick response accessible from the Delhi authorities over the allegations.
