New Delhi: The Delhi government Tuesday declared ‘success’ with the second round of cloud seeding trials conducted in the capital, though they might not necessarily lead to rainfall or improvement in Delhi’s AQI, which has remained in the ‘poor and very poor category’ over the past three weeks.

Around 1:30 pm Tuesday, a Cessna aircraft from IIT Kanpur sprinkled silver iodide mixture over clouds over Northwest Delhi’s Burari, Mayur Vihar and Karol Bagh to induce rainfall and clear the air. The exercise was carried out a second time over the same areas between 3:30 pm to 4:15 pm.

However, the IMD confirmed that there is no forecast of rain-bearing clouds or rainfall over Delhi for the next week. Sources in the Delhi government also confirmed that no rain had been recorded yet in area

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