Delhi cold weather: As per the eyewitnesses, some residents saw him sitting in an auto rickshaw parked near the spot before the incident. Kishan Kumar works as a mason and lives with his family in the same block where the incident happened.
Amid deteriorating air quality in the national capital, the government is looking to implement stricter curbs under Stage 3 of the Centre's air pollution control plan called the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in Delhi-NCR.
As many as 10 flights were diverted while nearly 100 others were delayed as a blanket of dense fog enveloped the National Capital Region reducing visibility on Sunday. Airlines have issued advisory stating, flight schedules might be impacted due to adverse weather conditions.
The severe cold in Delhi has compounded the challenges faced by the general public. The entire city is covered in dense fog, leading people to drive their vehicles at speeds of 10-20 km/h on the roads. Apart from the thick fog, nothing else is visible along the roadways.
North India has been reeling under severe cold for the last several weeks, thus affecting the train and flight services in the national capital.
As the cold wave continues its grip over North India with dense fog shrouding major cities, more than 20 Delhi-bound trains are expected to arrive late in the national capital. Due to the fog cover, the visibility levels in Indira Gandhi International Airport area were reduced to zero.
As per the Northern Railways, at least five trains are running late by more than 4 hours, and two trains including Saharsa-New Delhi Vaishali Express and Ambedkarnagar-Katra Express are likely to arrive late by around 3 hours to the national capital.
Cold Wave In North India: Severe cold and dense fog have started wreaking havoc in entire North India including Delhi. Meteorological Department has issued a cold day alert even today, so shivering cold for the next two days. There is no hope of relief from...
The last day of 2023 in the national capital began with the air quality being in the 'Very Poor' category, with several areas recording 'Severe' AQI.
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North India did not see any respite from the chilly winter as the region woke up to yet another morning of cold wave on Thursday
Cold wave gripped National Capital on December 20. The overall temperature was recorded at 7.6 degrees Celsius in New Delhi. Though the weather was clear, the IMD predicted that fog will be witnessed in the next few days.
The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 21 degrees Celsius in the national capital.
Delhi govt asks schools to conduct daily symptoms check, create quarantine rooms, thermal scan among other protocols in guidelines amid rising infections.
IMD predicted cold day to severe cold day conditions in isolated pockets over Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh during the next two days.
Dense to very dense fog is predicted in parts of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Sikkim, Meghalaya and Tripura over the next two to three days.
The mercury is likely to drop to around four degrees Celsius after the withdrawal of western disturbance, a Skymet Weather official has said.
Several homeless people were seen taking refuge in night shelters as the national capital struggled under coldwave conditions.
Though there was a marginal rise in the minimum temperature, it was still on the lower side, as the weather remained chilly in the morning.
The cold wave conditions have been prevailing in the national capital for the last two days owing to a strong, dry northwesterly cold wind, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
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