The Delhi administration has mobilized its bureaucracy to implement cloud seeding operations aimed at reducing post-Diwali air pollution in the National Capital Region. According to senior government officials, all technical preparations and ground logistics have been completed, with the India Meteorological Department’s clearance awaited before final execution. The exercise, likely between October 24 and 26, will involve IIT Kanpur scientists supervising aircraft-based dispersal of silver iodide and salt particles into moisture-laden clouds to trigger artificial rainfall. The Delhi government, under Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, views this as an emergency yet scientific intervention to wash out toxic particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) that spikes during the festive and stubble-burning season. The project includes multiple sorties covering 100 sq km each over northwest and outer Delhi, marking the city’s first large-scale weather-modification experiment to mitigate severe smog conditions.