India, Oct. 22 -- Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa shared an update on the Rekha Gupta-led BJP Government's plan for artificial rain through cloud seeding, a long-awaited proposal to mitigate the annual air pollution crisis during approaching winters. Sirsa on Tuesday ruled out an immediate plan for cloud seeding, saying the seeding will only be possible "when there are clouds".

"For those asking us, why are we not getting cloud seeding done. I want to tell these illiterate people; they are burning in vengeance and forget everything. In cloud seeding, the cloud comes first and then comes the seeding," the minister said in the briefing.

"So, when the clouds will come, then there will be seeding. The day there are clouds, ...