Overview
- Two seeding sorties focused on northern Delhi and adjoining NCR produced only light showers of 0.1–0.2 mm in Noida and Greater Noida with no measurable rain in the capital.
- IIT-Kanpur’s director said cloud moisture was about 15 percent, calling the chance of induced rain very low, and reported an estimated 10 percent drop in PM2.5 after the trial.
- IIT-Kanpur set up 15 monitoring stations to track pollution and moisture levels, and described the exercise as informative despite limited precipitation.
- India Today’s OSINT tracking and a weeklong cloud-frequency map showed the planes operated over areas where clouds were most persistent in north Delhi, countering social-media claims about the flight path.
- Costings shared by IIT-Kanpur put the trial at roughly Rs 60 lakh over 300 sq km with projections of about Rs 25–30 crore for a winter program, as Delhi’s environment minister declared the trial successful and said multiple further runs are planned.