New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was inked between the Delhi government's environment department and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur on Thursday for the trials of cloud seeding for artificial rain in the upcoming months of October and November, to fight air pollution.

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on social media shared that the Delhi government and IIT Kanpur signed the MoU for a pilot project to demonstrate and evaluate cloud seeding technology.

There will be a total of five trials, with the first one to likely take place between October 7 to 11.

According to the CM, this is going to be a significant step towards reducing pollution in Delhi- NCR and contributing towards making the national c...