Delhi is using ‘cloud seeding’ in a bid to dispel pollution – but can it work?
New Delhi, India – It is that time of year again in the capital of the world’s most populous nation, when 40 million people cough and splutter through toxic pollution for weeks on end.
These days, it is like clockwork. At the onset of every winter, a grey haze hovers over New Delhi and its nearby satellite towns – a toxic mix of exhaust, smoke, and dust that blurs skylines and stings the lungs.
It comes one week after the skies were lit up with firecrackers – which added to the fumes – as people celebrated the annual Hindu festival of light, Diwa
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