A multi-crore, high-stakes effort to alleviate the capital's 'very poor' air quality via induced rain fell flat on Tuesday, notwithstanding two consecutive cloud-seeding trials. The trial, which the exercise is estimated to have cost the government Rs 1.2 crore for the day's sorties, immediately sparked a new political battle, with the opposition taking a tongue-in-cheek jab at the BJP government.

Rs 1.2 Crore Trials Cause Failure to Induce Precipitation

Two cloud seeding experiments were conducted over northwest Delhi and NCR areas such as Burari, Mayur Vihar, and Noida in a small, single-propeller Cessna aircraft flown by IIT Kanpur. The aircraft released flares with silver iodide and sodium chloride compounds into clouds.

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