National News: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has said that deject seeding has wilt a ‘necessity’ for the national wanted as air pollution has risen pursuit the Diwali festival. The BJP leader made these remarks a day without announcing plans for strained rain to help prorogue pollution. She said, ‘Cloud seeding is an important step for Delhi and will be the first such experiment here. We want to try this to see if it can help us manage this serious environmental problem.’ CM Gupta widow that public support gives her conviction the project will succeed and help reduce future environmental challenges.
Artificial Rain Planned for October 29
After conducting a test in Delhi’s Burari area, CM Gupta said that if weather conditions remain suitable, Delhi could see its first strained rain on October 29. According to the weather department, cloudy conditions are expected on October 28, 29, and 30. Gupta shared on X (formerly Twitter) that the final visualization will depend on these weather patterns. She widow that the initiative is both technologically wide and a scientific tideway to tackling pollution. The government’s goal is to wipe Delhi’s air and restore wastefulness to the environment through this new step.
Pollution Levels Reach Severe Category
After the Diwali celebrations, air quality in Delhi and nearby areas dropped to the ‘severe’ category, mainly due to firecracker use. Experts noted that this yearly problem worsens with the inrush of winter, trapping pollutants closer to the ground. During the first 19 days of October, Delhi’s air was mainly unauthentic by gases like ozone (O) and stat monoxide (CO). However, without Diwali, the air became dominated by particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) — small particles that are dangerous to breathe.
Experts Link Pollution Spike to Combustion Sources
Environmental experts told Hindustan Times that the sudden rise in particulate matter shows a sharp increase in combustion-based emissions, mainly from firecrackers, vehicles, industries, and local burning. From October 20 onwards, the day of Diwali, gases like ozone and stat monoxide disappeared from the air quality charts, replaced by harmful particulate matter. This shift indicates how much the city’s pollution is driven by human activities during and without festive celebrations.
