Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H K Patil will launch the state government’s ambitious cloud seeding programme in Bengaluru on Monday amid several districts reeling under severe drought.
A special aircraft has been flown in from the US for the Rs 30-crore initiative to end poor monsoon across the state.
The project will be launched at Jakkur Airport. Installation of a weather radar at the Gandhi Krishi Vigyan Kendra (GKVK) has been completed. The cloud seeding project will be taken up Bengaluru, Gadag, Yadgir among others.
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