Delhi Weather: 30 flights delayed due to heavy fog and trains as north India shivers.
Residents of Delhi woke up to dense fog and bitter cold on Tuesday, which also affected air and rail operations. As a result, hundreds of passengers had to wait for hours at airports and train stations. About thirty flights from Delhi and Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) were delayed and 17 flights were canceled due to poor visibility amid dense fog, news agencyANI reported, citing airport officials. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the city and Palam (VIDP) and Safdarjung airports will record visibility within 500 meters by morning.According to the weather service, there is fog in the northern and northeastern states, and airports in those areas reported poor visibility.
At 05:30 IST, a layer of fog is visible from Punjab to Northeast India passing through Haryana, North MP, UP, Bihar and West Bengal. The IMD said in message X that “fog patches are also visible along the east coast of India as seen in the attached satellite images.In dense to very dense fog conditions, airport visibilities show the following visibilities: Varanasi 00m; Agra 00m; Gwalior 00m; Jammu 00m; Pathankot 00m; Chandigarh 00m; Gay 20m; Prayagraj 50m; Tejpur 50m; Agartala 100m; Vijaywada 100m; Bagdogra 100m,” it continued.
Passengers had difficulty reaching the airport due to long delays and flight cancellations.Originally my flight was supposed to leave at 8:40, but now my flight was supposed to leave at 10:30.The main reason for the weather and fog is the weather and fog, said a passenger at the IGI airport.Delhi airport saw five flights and more than 100 delays due to bad weather on Monday.About 30 trains including Rani Kamalapati-Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat and Howrah-Delhi Rajdhani Express were delayed due to heavy fog and cold wave in the country and the capital, leaving many passengers stranded in the new train. Delhi Railway Station..
The lowest temperature recorded on Tuesday was 3.5 degrees, but on Monday it fell to a season low of 3.3 degrees. The IMD has issued an orange alert over Delhi on Tuesday and Wednesday, with cold waves and fog likely to continue for the next three days. On Monday, the highest temperature in the capital was 19.7 degrees.According to IMD scientist Kuldeep Srivastava, no major weather changes are expected in the next 48 hours, with the minimum probability remaining in the same range.There is an orange warning for the continuation of the cold wave. Dense or very dense fog is likely to develop in the early hours, affecting road, rail and air traffic, the spokesman added.
In the national capital, the Central Pollution Control Board said the air quality index (AQI) of the Anand Vihar area was measured at 401 on Tuesday, giving the air quality a “severe” category. The Air Quality Management Commission ( CAQM) on Sunday launched Phase 3 of the GRAP action plan to reduce pollutionThe Meteorological Department said that Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, Patiala, Ambala, Chandigarh, Palam, Safdarjung (New Delhi), Bareilly, Lucknow, Bahraich, Varanasi, Prayagraj and Tezpur saw zero visibility on Monday for the first time in winter.
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