An expensive attempt at making it rain in Delhi through cloud seeding on Tuesday failed. The capital is yet to see a shower, and the poor air quality and the thick smog remain.

The planned second attempt, for Wednesday, was subsequently cancelled, IIT Kanpur announced. The reason given was “insufficient moisture in the clouds.”

The process of cloud seeding involves introducing Silver iodide particles to clouds, which modifies their structure and increases the chance of rain. Each attempt costs about Rs 55 lakh.

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IIT Kanpur Director Manindra Agarwal said the moisture content in the clouds was only 15-20% when Tuesday’s seeding efforts were made.

While speaking to NDTV, before the second attempt was cancelle

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