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Pakistan: Balochistan approves cloud seeding project for drought-hit areas

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By Saleem Shahid

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In a bid to overcome drought in some districts of the province, the Balochistan government has decided to use cloud seeding and artificial rain technology, a practice successfully used in drought-hit regions of the world.
Initially, the project will cater to needs of an area of 10,000 square kilometres in Gwadar district, where the catchment of four dams is located.

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The company has successfully tested artificial rain in the Gulf and Iran. The cabinet approved the project and directed environment and irrigation departments to constitute a committee which would visit Dubai to assess the artificial rain technology.

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Hazards Drought
Themes Food security and agriculture Science and technology
Country and region Pakistan

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