The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday questioned the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Delhi on the lack of rain following cloud seeding experiments to tackle air pollution a day ear;oer.
At a press conference, the AAP’s Delhi chief Saurabh Bharadwaj also accused the Delhi government of “wasting taxpayers’ money” and perpetrating a scam in the name of cloud seeding.
Cloud seeding is the process of combining chemical agents, including silver iodide, dry ice and even common table salt, to condense clouds and increase the chance of rainfall.
As the air quality in Delhi continues to be “poor”, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Friday that cloud seeding “is a necessity for Delhi”.
On Tuesday, two cloud-seeding trials were held over northwest Delhi’s Burari, Mayur Vihar and Karol Bagh at 12.13 pm and 3.45 pm. However, no rain was observed in the areas.
“For the past few days, it was said that cloud seeding had been done in various areas of Delhi, but there was no rain anywhere,” said Bharadwaj on Friday.
He accused the Delhi government of orchestrating a scam, citing an answer presented by the BJP-led Union government regarding the feasibility of cloud seeding as an emergency measure to improve air quality in Delhi during the winter months.
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