Delhi completed two cloud seeding operations in several parts of the city on Tuesday. Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said there were reduction in PM2.5 and PM10 levels in multiple locations.

The official government report said two precipitation events were recorded - one in Noida at 4 pm (0.1 mm of rain) and another in Greater Noida at 4 pm (0.2 mm).

A Cessna aircraft operated by the IIT-Kanpur took off from the institute’s airfield, entered Delhi airspace via Meerut, and seeded clouds along a 25-nautical-mile corridor covering Khekra, Burari, North Karol Bagh, Mayur Vihar, Sadakpur, Bhojpur and surrounding areas.

“Delhi has taken an unprecedented, science-first step by adopting cloud seeding as a tool to control air pollution,” Sirsa said.

“Our focus is to assess how much

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