Artificial Rain Will Solve Delhi's Air Pollution Challenges In Next Few Days

Shakti - Nov 21, 2018

The Indian government plans to create artificial rain. Just a few days later on, the Delhi residents will have a chance to enjoy this special event.

Currently, Delhi's air pollution status has become a serious disaster that this capital resident's average life expectancy gets worse over time. In 2018, Delhi's daily life during the peak hours is equivalent to 20 cigarettes per day.

Around 35% of the resident wants to leave their capital, result from a poll conducted by LocalCircles, a social-media organization.

To solve this serious situation, the Indian government plans to create artificial rain to clean the dust in the air. The cloud seeding will be created when the meteorological conditions are satisfied and stable.

The cloud seeding is the process of compounding various chemical elements, like silver iodide, dry ice, common table salt, with the existing clouds to make them heavier to be easier to drop down.

The weather worker will daily control the conditions to create artificial rain, the senior official informed.

Experts planed it for this week, however, the cloud seeding may be postponed to until next week if the cloud formation doesn't take place a few days later. This is the first time clouds would be seeded in India to clean the Delhi's dusty air.

The air quality in Delhi is listed in the "very poor" group on Tuesday because of its humidity level and the slow wind speed.

Based on the Central Pollution Control Board statistic data, the air quality index was marked at 352 point, which is in the "very poor" group.

Last year, the Indian government considered the possibility of minimizing dust by watering down the Delhi from the helicopter.