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As Delhi’s air quality slipped once again into the ‘very poor’ category, the city government on Tuesday turned to a long-debated idea to clean the air — cloud seeding.

The exercise, carried out in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, was Delhi’s first cloud-seeding attempt in over five decades. Aircraft flew over Burari, Mayur Vihar, Karol Bagh and Badli in an effort to trigger rain clouds that could wash away pollutants.

Despite the anticipation, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) confirmed that no measurable rainfall occurred in Delhi. Only traces were recorded — 0.1 mm in Noida and 0.2 mm in Greater Noida.

Government calls it a scientific step

Delhi’s Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, who supervised the opera

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