IIT Kanpur’s cloud seeding attempt over Delhi failed to produce significant rain due to low cloud moisture, though minor ...

Delhi’s ambitious Rs 3-crore cloud seeding trials failed. The capital received no rain despite two experiments being conducted, leaving residents to wonder what went wrong as they battle poor air.

Delhi conducted its first cloud seeding trials in nearly 50 years on October 28, 2025 in a bid to fight air pollution.

On Tuesday afternoon, a small aircraft sprinkled the clouds over Delhi with small quantities of silver iodide and sodium ...

The artificial rain experiment by IIT Kanpur in Delhi-NCR has been temporarily halted owing to insufficient moisture in the ...

The Delhi government and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur jointly conducted the trials in areas such as Burari ...

Delhi's cloud seeding experiments, costing Rs 64 lakh per trial, face criticism for being a short-term, expensive solution to ...

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Cloud seeding depends heavily on meteorological conditions like wind speed and existing rain-bearing clouds, which are ...

Attempts to induce rain in Delhi through cloud seeding were unsuccessful due to low moisture content in the clouds, according to IIT Kanpur Director Manindra Agarwal.