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"Govt lies about artificial rain, colludes with private hospitals": AAP's
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Bharadwaj's remarks came as New Delhi woke up to a thick layer of smog after the Diwali festival, with air quality deteriorating to the 'Very Poor' category and most monitoring stations falling in the 'Red Zone'.
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"Difficult time for Delhi...": BJP leader RP Singh on invocation of GRAP-2
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
He also expressed the possibility of artificial rain by the Delhi government to decrease the pollution rate after Diwali.
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"Artificial rain will be via cloud seeding in Ramgarh Dam": Rajasthan Mini
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
While speaking to ANI, Meena said, "For the first time, artificial rain will be done via drone. For this, American scientists came here, and all the departments related to the environment discussed to decide this... All the departments of the government have given a No Objection Certificate
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Delhi to trial run cloud seeding to combat smog menace
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In a bid to tackle the city's worsening air pollution, Delhi's Environment Minister Majinder Singh Sirsa announced a trial run of artificial rain through cloud seeding, set to commence between late August and early September, with five tests planned to assess its efficacy against smog, pa
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From November 1, only BS6, CNG or EV commercial vehicles to be allowed in
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
"Environment Day is very close, and air pollution in Delhi is a matter that is related to all of us. For years, we have been suffering from air pollution. We have a dream - Clean Delhi, Green Delhi, Healthy Delhi. I am very happy that our Environment Department and Minister have drafted a
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Delhi cabinet passes proposal to conduct cloud seeding to mitigate polluti
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
The Delhi cabinet on Wednesday passed a historic decision to conduct cloud seeding, also known as artificial rain, in the national capital to mitigate pollution. Pollution has been a serious concern for the state for quite some time, and to help curb it, the cabinet has taken this signifi
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Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai pleas for cloud seeding to break smog
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai wrote to Union Environment Minister Minister Bhupendra Yadav requesting to immediately convene an emergency meeting with Delhi Government, IIT Kanpur and all other central Government Departments like DGCA, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Ministry of De
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"Ready for cloud seeding, need permissions," says Delhi Environment Minist
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Gopal Rai, Delhi Environment Minister and AAP leader, released a statement on Sunday regarding the possibility of cloud seeding (artificial rain) and the construction of smog towers in Delhi.
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Delhi Environment Minister requests centre to convene meet on cloud seedin
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Friday requested the Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav to convene an urgent meeting with stakeholders to evaluate cloud seeding (Artificial Rain) for combating Delhi's winter air pollution and secure necessary permissions.
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Artificial rain sensitive policy matter but can be used during critical ti
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
During an interaction with media persons, Rijiju, who is the Minister of Earth Sciences, voiced that "we should not play with nature" while noting the moral difficulty regarding artificial rain as inducing rain in an area can lead to desertification in another area.
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"If the pollution escalates to the 'Severe' plus category, measures will b
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday announced that the government is closely monitoring the city's pollution levels and will consider measures such as artificial rain and the implementation of the odd-even rule if the situation escalates to the 'Severe' plus category.
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Delhi NCR sees sudden change in weather, receives light rain
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The visuals from Kartavya Path show light to moderate-intensity rains.
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