IMD has said that the mercury would plunge further in the first week of January 2024, with temperature hovering between 10 and 7 degrees Celsius at the Safdarjung Observatory in the national capital.
Meanwhile, dense fog surrounded several states of North India including Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, where the visibility remained less than 50 metres in some areas, affecting normal life and commuting.
Several trains and flights were delayed and cancelled in New Delhi due to dense fog on December 29. Commuters faced difficulties and were seen waiting at the Anand Vihar Railway Station and New Delhi Railway Station as visibility was badly affected.
Uttar Pradesh news: UPSRTC officials said that buses should not operate in case of poor visibility due to fog. The corporation also advised operators to park buses at safe locations and wait until visibility improves.
Over 110 flights, including international ones, were delayed and a few were diverted due to bad weather following the fog and low visibility. The weather remained disruptive for air services in the national capital area in the last couple of days.
Air India news: The FogCare initiative is a sincere effort to minimise inconvenience to guests whose flights are likely to get affected by fog. It will also help maintain network schedule integrity," Rajesh Dogra, Chief Customer Experience Officer of Air India, said today.
As per the satellite images taken at 5.15 am, dense to very dense fog conditions prevailed across the national capital region causing slow vehicular movement.
According to the Met Department Visibility recorded at 5:30 AM today was, Amritsar (airport)-0, Patiala-25; Srinagar-25; Bareilly-25, Lucknow-25, Paryagraj-25 & Varanasi50, Jhansi-200; Ganganagar-50, Kota-500; Delhi- Safdarjung-50; Delhi (Palam)-125.
Over 110 flights, including international ones, were delayed at the Delhi airport due to the fog and low visibility, according to airport authorities.
About 30 flights, including international ones, were delayed at the Delhi airport due to the fog and low visibility, said the airport authorities on Tuesday. The arrival of 14 trains was also delayed due to foggy conditions, officials said.
A blanket of fog covered the city in the early hours reducing visibility.
Delhi weather update: The authorities at the Indira Gandhi International Airport issued a fog alert for passengers.
Delays in the arrival of trains led to an increase in the misery of the passengers as they waited at the New Delhi railway station for hours.
Meanwhile, the national capital witnessed yet another morning of shivering cold as Safdarjung and Palam recorded a minimum temperature of 4.6 degrees and 6.0 degrees Celsius respectively, according to India Meteorological Department on Tuesday.
Delhi weather update: The Indian Railways informed on Monday that as many as 13 trains are running late in the Northern Railway region due to fog.
According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the city's overall Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 312 on Thursday morning.
Visibility levels dropped to zero metres at Bhatinda and Agra; 25 metres at Patiala, Chandigarh, Ambala, Bhiwani, Safdarjung, Ridge, Ganganagar, Varanasi, Fursatganj and Bhagalpur, and 50 metres at Hisar, Karnal, Palam, Meerut, Lucknow, Bahraich and Patna.
Cold Wave: As per satellite imagery and available visibility data, the fog layer extended from Punjab and adjoining northwest Rajasthan to Bihar across Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
Delhi weather update: Airport authorities in an advisory to the passengers on Saturday said that several procedures have been undertaken at the airport to counter the menace of low visibility at the airport.
Delhi weather update today: All flight operations are currently normal and the passengers are requested to contact the airline concerned for updated flight information, the authorities said.
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