Pakistan uses artificial rain against smog

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 18, 2023 12:10 am

LAHORE, Pakistan: Artificial rain was used for the first time in Pakistan on Saturday in a bid to combat hazardous levels of smog in the megacity of Lahore, the provincial government said.

In the first experiment of its kind in the South Asian country, planes equipped with cloud seeding equipment flew over 10 areas of the city, often ranked one of the worst places globally for air pollution.

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