By Nataraj Kallichanda
Owing to deficient rainfall, the State government has launched cloud-seeding at an estimated cost of Rs. 35 crore, for 60 days. Cloud-seeding will be done across three river basins — Cauvery, Malaprabha and Tungabhadra. The State government has described the cloud-seeding experiment as “essential” and that it would be taken up in places where it was required. However, many meteorologists have warned that cloud-seeding is a costly experiment with no guarantee of rains. There have been three experiments in Karnataka since the 1970s and the record has been patchy, say experts.
