The Delhi government is likely to conduct its first cloud seeding trial on Tuesday if weather conditions are favourable, an official said.

Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa told news agency PTI that a review meeting was scheduled for Tuesday (October 28) to assess the feasibility of carrying out the trial.

"The flight will arrive in Delhi from Kanpur tomorrow. If the weather conditions are favourable, we may conduct the cloud seeding trial. However, everything depends on the weather," the minister was quoted as saying.

What is cloud seeding?

Cloud seeding is the practice of using aeroplanes to fire salt or other chemicals into clouds to induce rain.

The cloud seeding trial aims at inducing artificial rain to tackle air pollution in Delhi. It is part of the governm

See Full Page