Experts believe that while the trials did not trigger heavy rain, they helped clear fine dust particles from the air and could prove useful for reducing pollution in the future when weather conditions are more favorable.

The Delhi government carried out two cloud seeding trials on Tuesday in an effort to create artificial rain and reduce the city’s rising pollution levels. However, both trials, conducted from Kanpur and Meerut, failed to produce rain by Tuesday evening. IIT Kanpur Director Manindra Agrawal said the tests were “not completely successful” because the flares fired from the aircraft did not result in rainfall. “We conducted two sorties, one in the afternoon and another later in the evening. Around 14 flares were fired before the aircraft returned to Meerut, but no rain was ob

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