NEW DELHI: Authorities have announced that cloud seeding was carried out to artificially induce rainfall in Delhi. The goal of this experiment was to reduce air pollution in the national capital. A plane that took off from Kanpur carried out cloud seeding over areas such as Burari, North Karol Bagh, Bhojpur, Mayur Vihar, and Sadakpur. According to officials, the clouds over Delhi contained around 15–20% humidity. Based on this, it was estimated that rain might occur very soon.

This experiment is part of the Delhi government’s new strategy to improve air quality, which usually worsens during winter. A similar test was earlier conducted in Burari. To induce rainfall, small amounts of silver iodide and sodium chloride were released from the aircraft. However, since the atmospheric humidity w

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