India, Oct. 24 -- Amid the rising air pollution levels following the festival of Diwali, Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Friday deemed cloud seeding a "necessity" for the national capital. The BJP leader's remarks come a day after she announced artificial rain plans for the national capital.

"Cloud seeding is a necessity for Delhi and is the first experiment of its kind. We want to try it in Delhi to see if it can help us control this very serious environmental problem," CM Gupta was quoted as saying by ANI.

"So the blessings of the people of Delhi are with the government, and we feel that this will be a successful experiment and in future, we will be able to overcome these environmental problems," she added further.

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