With the national capital witnessing another day of alarmingly high level of air pollution, the Delhi government on Tuesday pushed for inducing artificial rain over the city and sought Prime Minister

Artificial rain, which is also interchangeably used with cloud seeding, is a method of weather modification that uses artificial rain chemicals to induce or increase rainfall.

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai in a press conference alleged that the federal government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was sitting over multiple requests made by his government to allow artificial rain.