NEW DELHI, Oct 28: The Delhi government, in collaboration with IIT-Kanpur, conducted the first cloud-seeding trial in parts of Delhi on Tuesday, with more such exercises planned over the next few days, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said.

According to officials, the aircraft took off from Kanpur for Delhi and covered areas like Burari, north Karol Bagh and Mayur Vihar before landing at the Meerut Airfield.

“The Cessna aircraft took off from Kanpur. It released eight fire flares and the trial lasted for half an hour,” Sirsa said in a video statement.

The minister said that IIT-Kanpur has opined that rain could happen within 15 minutes to 4 hours after the trial.

The second trial will be conducted later in the day in outer Delhi, he said, adding that nine to ten trials are pl

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