1. Government to consider proposal to carry out cloud seeding in Karnataka
The Karnataka government will consider a proposal to carry out cloud seeding in the State in the wake of forecast of cloudy weather conditions over the next three to four days, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar assured the Legislative Assembly on December 8.
He acknowledged that previous experiments with cloud seeding in different parts of Karnataka had yielded positive results, and the government is inclined to consider such a proposal again for the benefit of the State’s farmers. Karnataka is passing through a severe drought with the failure of the southwest monsoon, and had declared a drought in 220 out of the 236 taluks in the State.
