With air quality in the capital still poor a week after Diwali, the Delhi government has firmed up its plans for artificial rain to tackle the capital’s pollution crisis. Banasree Purkayastha explains how cloud seeding can trigger artificial rain, and to what extent clearer skies can be expected this week

High AQI sparks talk of artificial rain

The air quality in Delhi has been hovering between the ‘poor’ to ‘very severe’ range since Diwali on October 20. On Friday, the national capital recorded an air quality index ( AQI ) of 293, indicating ‘poor’ quality, though some high-traffic spots recorded above-400 levels, according to the data available at the official website of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Though this is a dip from the 325 AQI recorded on Thursday and 345 on

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