Smog has again wrapped Delhi in a choking haze after the city’s artificial‑rain scheme was shelved because the clouds lacked moisture. On Thursday the AQI lingered at a 352 slotting the capital into the “very poor” tier according to the Central Pollution Control Board. Of the 38 monitoring stations, 32 flagged levels, with neighborhoods such, as Vivek Vihar and Anand Vihar posting AQI readings that surged beyond 400. The worsening smog has ignited a blame‑game, with former minister Saurabh Bhardwaj charging the Delhi government with misleading the squandering public money. He insists cloud‑seeding should have been tried after Diwali, when pollution hit its worst. In rebuttal Environment Minister Sardar Manjinder Singh Sirsa defended the effort claiming the cloud‑seeding trial was “100 % successful” and that it trimmed particulate‑matter levels by, as ten percent.
