Archive · 23 Jul 2025
Minister Calls for More Research on Cloud Seeding and Pollution
Scientists are studying how cloud seeding, which makes it rain, might help clean the air.
The Earth Sciences Minister, Jitendra Singh, said they need to do more research to see if cloud seeding can lower air pollution.
They did some tests in 2018 and 2019 in Solapur, Maharashtra, to see if it would work.
They are trying to understand if making it rain can also help make the air cleaner.
Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh discussed cloud seeding's potential for air pollution reduction.
Singh stated that research into cloud seeding's effects on air pollution needs more investigation.
Cloud seeding tests were done in 2018 and 2019.
These tests were conducted as research experiments.
The tests occurred over the rain-shadow region of Solapur, Maharashtra.
- Who
- Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh.
- What
- Investigation into the role of cloud seeding in reducing air pollution.
- When
- Tests were conducted in 2018 and 2019.
- Where
- Maharashtra’s Solapur.
- Why
- To investigate if cloud seeding-induced rainfall can reduce air pollution.
- Minister
- Jitendra Singh
- Department
- Earth Sciences
- Focus
- Cloud seeding and air pollution reduction
- Test Location
- Solapur, Maharashtra
- Test Years
- 2018, 2019