LAHORE
\nFirst artificial rain experiment has succeeded in Pakistan and the rain has been made in most of Lahore areas, caretaker Punjab chief minister Moshin Naqvi.
\nChief Minister in his address to media said 48 fliers fire were used in flight of maiden artificial rain in Pakistan.
\nLahore was the most polluted city today morning when the artificial rain was made, he said the second rain flight will be made soon.
\nTalking about expenses chief minister said our single penny has not been spent on rain but if needed I haven\u2019t hesitated bear the expenditures.
\nFurther he said caretaker federal government is also working on artificial rain also. Almost ten areas of Lahore have been artificially rained and now we will measure its impact.
\nCM thanked United Arab Emirates (UAE) team. He said our main purpose was rain so that smog be ended because if smog ends it will have impact till 5 to 7 days.
\nFurther we will decide after measuring complete results of this rain today.
\nRain was initiated in 10 percent area of Lahore around nine o\u2019clock on Saturday morning.
\nCaretaker government was considering the idea of artificial rain from the beginning of winter season when Lahore city and its vicinity went under smog shield.
\nArtificial rain is modification of climate controlling measure to induce shower into clouds to condense or ice nuclei which will encourage formation and growth of perception particles.
\nSilver iodide, potassium iodide and liquid propane are the main substances used in this human made rain.
\nArtificial rain encompasses many environmental issues including ethical, meteorological concerns.
\nOne of the main concerns is potential environmental impact. Chemical like silver iodide also raises questions its impact on ecosystem while silver iodide is consider relatively low in toxicity, accumulation and possible effects on wildlife and water quality and the research is ongoing in this regard.
\nThorough and long term monitoring is also necessary for unforeseen consequences of artificial rain on ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE First artificial rain experiment has succeeded in Pakistan and the rain has been made in most of Lahore areas, caretaker Punjab chief minister Moshin Naqvi. Chief Minister in his address to media said 48 fliers fire were used in flight of maiden artificial rain in Pakistan. Lahore was the most polluted city today morning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-374899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n