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Delhi Cloud Seeding 2025: Risks, Rewards—and What If It Pours?

Feed by: Aditi Verma / 5:31 am on Thursday, 30 October, 2025

Delhi plans cloud seeding to induce rain, aiming to wash away hazardous smog and deliver quick relief. The article explains how it works, cloud prerequisites, costs, and expected AQI gains. It also weighs uncertainties, legal and ethical questions, and downsides including traffic disruption, drainage stress, crop impacts, and urban flooding if a heavier-than-expected downpour hits the capital this winter season.