Scientists at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Meghalaya and the North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC) are planning to use Sohra’s extreme rainfall to develop better 5G and 6G connectivity systems. The project, still in its early stages, aims to understand how the region’s massive raindrops and intense downpours affect high-frequency communication signals.

After shifting to their permanent campus earlier this year, researchers observed that the size and force of raindrops in Sohra — one of the wettest places on Earth — often disrupted signal transmission. The team now hopes to turn this challenge into a research opportunity.

“The rainfall here is unlike anything we’ve seen elsewhere,” said Dr Anup Dandapat, Dean (Academic Affairs) at NIT Meghalaya. “We want to treat S

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