Delhi rain after cloud seeding fails: Experts reveal why govt’s Rs 3.2-crore experiment fell flat

The Economic Times
Written By Zainab Ashraf

Despite spending a large amount of money (over 3 crore rupees), Delhi's cloud-seeding experiment to create artificial rain has failed.

Experts say the attempt fell flat because the clouds weren't suitable and the aircraft couldn't fly at the right time. The rain that Delhi eventually saw was from a natural weather system, not the man-made experiment. This failure shows that cloud-seeding is an unreliable and expensive quick fix for the city's pollution problem.

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