Cloud seeding so far has yielded no results. We know it. The scientists at IIT Kanpur know it. But did the Delhi government also know this, and still decide to spend Rs 34 crore of taxpayer money on an experiment experts had already ruled out as “not feasible”?

According to a written reply in the Rajya Sabha in December 2024, the Union Environment Ministry confirmed that all three specialised agencies — the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) — had advised against cloud seeding in Delhi during winter. Their expert opinion was clear: the science doesn’t support it. Delhi’s winter skies, dominated by Western Disturbances, rarely produce the kind of dense, moisture-rich clouds that cloud s

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