Delhi pollution news: Average AQI reached 369 on Thursday, with 18 of 59 monitoring stations recording severe pollution. Forecasts warn conditions could turn severe from Friday. Authorities reportedly conducted two cloud-seeding trials near the airport, but earlier trials failed to produce rain. The Delhi government has carried out two cloud-seeding trials near the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in the past 15 days to assess whether artificial rainfall could help reduce air.