Karnataka Flags Off Rs 28.5-Crore Cloud Seeding Drive

To effectively tackle the prevailing rain deficit and looming drought situation in Karnataka, State Water Resources Minister N Chaluvarayaswamy on Friday flagged off the government's ambitious 'Cloud Seeding' programme at the HAL Airport in Bengaluru. 

The State Minister flagged off the special light aircraft prepared for cloud seeding by waving the national flag and the state flag, expressing hope that the project would succeed and



ease the water crisis in the state.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister Chaluvarayaswamy said, "The state has received less rainfall this year. There is a possibility of severe drought in the coming days, the exact magnitude of which cannot be estimated now.

The monsoon season will end by this month. If drinking water is not stored by the end of this month, there will be a severe scarcity till the end of June next year."