Delhi cloud seeding trials purely an experiment: Govt official

PUNE: (Nov 3) The recent cloud seeding trials in New Delhi were purely an experiment, Ministry of Earth Sciences Secretary M Ravichandran has said, stressing that such tests are essential to assess their feasibility before making them operational.

Such experiments can end in success or failure, he said on Sunday.

Ravichandran was at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in Pune to attend the 11th WMO Scientific Conference on Weather Modification.