Lahore continues to remain world’s most polluted city, as air pollution and weather conditions combine to shroud the city of 22 million in smog, disrupting major road closures, schools shut down, and even prompted to consider artificial rain.
Despite the meeting, buzz and worsening conditions, the Punjab government’s plans to create artificial showers in the city are not working.
It has been learnt that the plan of the provincial administration has been delayed for weeks due to technical issues that hamper the execution of artificial rain this month. Officials are reportedly not satisfied with the performance of experts involved in project.
Furthermore, the unavailability of the state’s jet significantly contributed to the delay in artificial downpour.
In this regard, the government also tried contacting a Dubai-based company with expertise in cloud ionization and cloud seeding. A working group comprising representatives of relevant federal, and provincial departments and military organizations was also formed to execute the project.
