Patil to meet PM on cloud seeding

  • 22/07/2008

  • Deccan Herald (Bangalore)

DH News Service, Hubli: Former minister and senior Congress leader H K Patil will soon meet Primary Minister Manmohan Singh and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and appeal them to take up cloud seeding in different parts of the country to save farmers from continuous droughts. Speaking to media persons here on Monday, Mr Patil said there was an urgent need for exploring the modern technology to bail out farmers, especially living in drought-prone areas, who were suffering due to lack of rains. Terming the cloud seeding operation launched by the K H Patil Krishi Vijnan Kendra and the Agni Aviation Consultants in the undivided Dharwad district as a