Artificial rain was used for the first time today in Pakistan to combat Lahore’s smog, which affects the health of the population of this megalopolis in the northeast of the country, the Punjab provincial government announced.
Planes supplied by the United Arab Emirates and equipped with cloud seeding technology flew over ten areas of the city, considered one of the most polluted in the world, reported the AFP news agency.
This is a “donation” made by the Emirates, declared the acting head of the government of Punjab province, Mohsin Naqvi.
“Teams from the United Arab Emirates arrived here with two planes ten or twelve days ago. They used 48 rockets to cause rain,” he told reporters.
The team will know at night if the “artificial rain” procedure was conclusive, the official added.
The United Arab Emirates is increasingly using this technique to create artificial rain in arid regions of the country, which is facing drought.
The process consists of introducing salt or a mixture of different salts into the clouds to obtain precipitation and thus the crystals promote the condensation that causes rain.
This technique is applied in dozens of countries, including the United States, China and India, and even a little rain is effective in reducing pollution, according to experts.
Source: Ambito
