Environment and ecology
Artificial rain
▪ Artificial rain may fill Jaipur’s Ramgarh dam after 20 years.
▪ Artificial rain will be created using drones and Al technology.
▪ Artificial rain (cloud seeding) , is a weather modification technique that aims to increase precipitation by dispersing substances like silver iodide, potassium iodide, or dry ice into clouds.
▪ Substances like silver iodide, potassium iodide, or sodium chloride are dispersed into clouds using aircraft, rockets, or ground generators to encourage the formation of raindrops.
▪ Ramgarh Dam, located near Jaipur, is a historic structure built by Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh in 1903.