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The institute, which has been working for over five years on creating conducive conditions for artificial rains, is finally ready to deliver after successful trials conducted in July this year..
"We have the necessary permissions from government authorities to fly the plane with cloud seeding attachment," Agrawal told ET...
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has a quick-fix solution to offer to Delhi and its neighbouring regions choking in toxic air - it can help the city wash down pollutants and dust with "artificial rains", a top researcher said.. Artificial rains can provide relief, albeit temporary, for up to a week to citizens in the NCR gasping for good quality air, Manindra Agrawal, professor at the computer science and engineering department of IIT Kanpur, said...
"At our end, we are ready to conduct this in Delhi, but for cloud seeding to create artificial rains, we also need necessary meteorological conditions like clouds with necessary moisture, winds, etc.," he said..
These include the DGCA, ministry of home affairs, and Special Protection Group (SPG) that is responsible for protecting the prime minister - to fly aircraft over the capital, Agrawal said.. IIT Kanpur has been working on artificial rains since 2018 and has progressed to a level now that it is confident to help the national capital combat its air pollution woes, Agrawal said...
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