The first-ever cloud-seeding operation in Delhi has kicked off this afternoon, as a specially-equipped aircraft took off from IIT Kanpur’s airstrip in Kanpur to target moisture-laden clouds over the Capital in a bid to improve air quality. The project, overseen by the Delhi Environment Ministry, will release fine particles of silver iodide and sodium chloride above the northwest sector of Delhi — including hotspot areas such as Burari — where particulate pollution remains dangerously high. While

The Delhi government is conducting its first-ever cloud-seeding trial in a bid to induce artificial rainfall and combat the capital’s worsening air pollution. Manjinder Singh Sirsa, the Environment Minister of Delhi, confirmed that the specially equipped aircraft currently stationed in Kanpur will take off once visibility improves and cloud-moisture conditions become favourable. The initiative, part of a wider programme co-ordinated with IIT Kanpur, aims to trigger rain over northwest Delhi to h

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#WATCH| IIT Kanpur carried out a cloud seeding mission to induce artificial rainfall and reduce Delhi’s pollution levels. (Source: IIT Kanpur Media Cell) | Hindustan Times