India, Oct. 29 -- A day after cloud seeding attempts did not produce desired results in the national capital on Tuesday, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur said that the attempt planned for Wednesday, October 29, has been put on hold due to "insufficient moisture in the clouds".

In an official statement, IIT Kanpur said that the process is highly dependent on the right atmospheric conditions.

The two cloud seeding attempts done on Tuesday were carried out by the Delhi government in collaboration with IIT Kanpur. They cost the approximately Rs.1.28 crore in total, as reported earlier by Hindustan Times.

Explaining why the attempts did not work, IIT Kanpur said that it was because the moisture level in the clouds was not enough, ...