Delhi tries artificial rain to tackle Indian capital's toxic air pollution

Experts say cloud seeding is not a permanent solution to Delhi's deadly smog

20251030 India air pollution

Hindu devotees worship the Sun god on the banks of Yamuna river during a Hindu religious festival on a smoggy morning in Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi, Oct. 28. © Reuters

KIRAN SHARMA

NEW DELHI -- India's capital region has the unwanted distinction of being among the world's most polluted cities, and has decided to find out if cloud seeding to trigger artificial rain can mitigate the alarming air pollution that worsens each year at this time.

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