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\nIndia trialled cloud seeding over its smog-filled capital for the first time, spraying a chemical from an aeroplane to encourage rain and wash deadly particles out of the air. Cloud seeding is the practice of using aeroplanes to fire salt or other chemicals into clouds to induce rain.
\nNew Delhi city authorities, working with the government\u2019s Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, launched a test run on Thursday afternoon using a Cessna light aeroplane over the city\u2019s northern Burari area. \u201cA trial seeding flight was done… in which cloud seeding flares were fired\u201d, Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said in a statement late Thursday.
\n\u201cThis flight was the proving flight for checking the capabilities for cloud seeding, the readiness and endurance of the aircraft, the capability assessment of the cloud seeding fitments and flares, and coordination among all involved agencies.\u201d
\nIt comes ahead of a planned rollout of the scheme. Delhi\u2019s Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that \u201cif conditions remain favourable, Delhi will experience its first artificial rain on October 29.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
new delhi India trialled cloud seeding over its smog-filled capital for the first time, spraying a chemical from an aeroplane to encourage rain and wash deadly particles out of the air. Cloud seeding is the practice of using aeroplanes to fire salt or other chemicals into clouds to induce rain. New Delhi city authorities, working […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-510703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n