Attempt to artificially produce rain in Delhi fails

 

 

 

The Delhi government's attempt to produce artificial rain in Delhi, where air pollution continues to be severe, has failed. The plan was to conduct cloud seeding on Thursday in collaboration with IIT Kanpur. The experiment was conducted at a cost of about Rs 1.2 crore.

The government's attempt to produce artificial rain was aimed at controlling the increase in air pollution during the winter months. Cloud seeding involves artificially producing rain by depositing silver iodide and sodium chloride compounds in clouds. A small aircraft operated by IIT Kanpur was used for this.