India, Oct. 28 -- The cloud-seeding trials carried out in Delhi on Tuesday helped reduce particulate matter at the locations where they were carried out, the official government report on the trials said. The report highlighted that conditions were not ideal for the trial.

However, the report stated that two precipitation events had been recorded in Noida and Greater Noida after the cloud-seeding, according to PTI news agency. Noida at 4 pm recorded 0.1 mm of rain, while Greater Noida at 4 pm received 0.2 mm of rainfall.

It said that the moisture content predicted by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) was low at 10-15 per cent, which is not ideal for cloud seeding to induce artificial rain. However, this condition is suitable for...