India, May 4 -- The Delhi government is likely to conduct two cloud-seeding trials this month to induce rain as part of its measures to improve pollution levels in the Capital -- a technique which experts have long stressed is not a viable solution for pollution control.

A cabinet note for the same will be placed before the cabinet soon, environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa told HT on Saturday.

The exercise will be funded by the Delhi government, and will be carried out by IIT-Kanpur. An official aware of the matter said that the proposal may be put up before the cabinet next week.

"The BJP government is working on a war-footing to provide clean air to the people of Delhi. We are taking multiple measures for pollution control and...