No artificial rain after cloud seeding: Experts decode why Delhi’s Rs 3.2 crore experiment fell flat

According to the MoU signed between the Delhi environment department and IIT-Kanpur, the budget for cloud seeding is over Rs 3.2 crore for five trials —meaning one trial run costs Rs 64 lakh. Three trials have been done in north Delhi, and none of them led to any major rain. Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) has been hovering in the ‘very poor’ to ‘poor’ range for the past few days.