India, Oct. 31 -- Days after two cloud seeding attempts failed to produce artificial rain in the capital, a new report has said that Delhi's winter atmosphere is climatologically unsuitable for consistent cloud seeding due to lack of sufficient moisture.

The IIT-Delhi report said that cloud seeding cannot be recommended as a primary measure for Delhi's pollution management, noting that even if successful, it would only provide a temporary respite for 1-3 days, news agency PTI reported.

The report comes days after Delhi conducted two cloud seeding trials on October 28, which largely failed to yield desired results. More such trials scheduled for this week were put on hold due to low moisture content in the clouds.

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