Anti-hail guns: Are they really needed?

As usual, hailstones have badly damaged fruit and other seasonal crops in Himachal this year too, with the farming community having no option but to watch the destruction as mute spectators. Orchardists were promised ‘fruitful’ days by the government about three years ago in the form of anti-hail guns, but the apple growing areas of Shimla, Kullu, Mandi and Kinnaur districts are yet to see even a single such marvel of technology. It’s been almost three years now since the inception of very idea of installing anti-hail guns in the apple-growing areas, but not much concrete has been done by the government in this regard. At the first instance it appears that the need for anti-hail guns in the fruit zone is dire, but their technical capability to avert the freakish phenomenon is doubted by many.

Source: State statistical handbook and Weather Monitoring Station, ShimlaRead Full Story