The first-ever cloud-seeding operation in Delhi has kicked off this afternoon, as a specially-equipped aircraft took off from IIT Kanpur’s airstrip in Kanpur to target moisture-laden clouds over the Capital in a bid to improve air quality. The project, overseen by the Delhi Environment Ministry, will release fine particles of silver iodide and sodium chloride above the northwest sector of Delhi — including hotspot areas such as Burari — where particulate pollution remains dangerously high. While