Belgaum Sugars, which is owned by Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi, will carry out cloud seeding in Belagavi district on Friday. “The exercise is part of the company’s social welfare activity and the unit is not seeking any government support,” Mr. Jarkiholi told journalists in Belagavi on Thursday.
“We hope it will help farmers in the drought-hit district,” he said.
As many as 12 taluks of the 14 of the district are on the State government’s drought-hit taluk list. He said that similar experiments in districts like Haveri have achieved significant success in bringing rain.
