artificial rain in lahore
Pakistan News: In recent months, the level of pollution in Lahore, a city adjacent to Punjab, India, in neighboring country Pakistan, has become very high. Lahore topped the world’s worst polluted city. The situation became such that it became difficult for people to breathe. On this, Pakistan took a big step and made artificial rain on Lahore city for the first time. There has been a slight improvement in the climate of Lahore due to this artificial rain. Know how Pakistan made this artificial rain?
According to IQ Air, as of December 18, the AQI level in Lahore was 192, which is in the unhealthy category. Pakistan has made artificial rain for the first time. Due to this rain in Lahore, there is a slight improvement in the climatic condition of Lahore. Pakistan used two aircraft with 48 flares for the rain. He has received this aircraft as a gift from UAE.
Use of artificial rain for the first time in Pakistan
For the first time in Pakistan, artificial rainfall was used to clear smog. Pakistan created artificial rain to remove smog in Lahore using rain received from the United Arab Emirates. Interim Chief Minister Mohsin said planes equipped with cloud seeding equipment flew over 10 areas of Lahore. Lahore is often included in the list of most polluted cities in the world. Over the past few years, air pollution in Pakistan has become worse due to low-grade diesel fumes and smoke from seasonal crop burning. Since the month of October, the caretaker government of Pakistan was seriously considering making artificial rain.
What is artificial rain?
Artificial rain is also known as cloud seeding. This is chemical rain. In this, clouds are prepared for rain with the help of special chemicals. The rain resulting from this is called artificial rain. However, this is not an easy process. There is a lot of preparation for this. In case of extremely polluted air, many countries have created artificial rain when necessary. Artificial rain has also been made in China’s capital Beijing. There have been reports of artificial rain being made before the international event to be held there. In China, artificial rain was created in the Beijing Olympics in 2008 with the help of 21 aircraft equipped with cloud seeding equipment.
Before G20, preparations were made for artificial rain in Delhi also
India successfully hosted the G20 summit in New Delhi. When this conference was about to take place, the air of Delhi had become quite ‘poisonous’. In such a situation, preparations were made to make artificial rain. However, at the time of G20, it rained naturally, which cleared the environment.
When was artificial rain made for the first time in India?
The concept of artificial rain was first developed in the world in 1945. Today this concept is used in 50 countries of the world. The first artificial rain was made in India in 1951. After this, in the year 1973, after drought situation arose in Andhra Pradesh, artificial rain was made here. The same experiment was also conducted in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
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